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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1994, 3:11 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1994, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1994, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 188 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 12:36 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-251835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 1240 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 PM CDT... AT 1230 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKTOA AND HAD MOVED INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 TO 50 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHWEST OF FARGO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 55 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY ALONG THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE ABERCROMBIE...WAHPETON/BRECKENRIDGE ...LIDGERWOOD AND HANKINSON AREAS BY 130 PM CDT. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. BE SPECIALLY AWARE OF THE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VOELKER
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 12:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 31 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-251835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 1240 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 PM CDT... AT 1230 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKTOA AND HAD MOVED INTO PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONGEST STORMS WERE FROM 30 TO 50 MILES SOUTH/SOUTHWEST OF FARGO. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS 55 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY ALONG THE NORTH/SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER. ALL THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE ABERCROMBIE...WAHPETON/BRECKENRIDGE ...LIDGERWOOD AND HANKINSON AREAS BY 130 PM CDT. THESE STORMS CONTAIN VERY HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. BE SPECIALLY AWARE OF THE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ASSOCIATED WITH THESE STORMS. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. VOELKER
Local storm report, Aug 25, 1:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1305 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994
TIME EVENT
1050 AM CDT ELLENDALE ND REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL.
1200 N CDT DICKEY COUNTY ND S. O. REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN ELLENDALE.
LIGHTNING HIT ELLENDALE ND WATERTOWER AND FED INTO CITY HALL
NEXT DOOR. DAMAGED CITY HALL ELECTRICAL SYSTEM/EQUIPMENT THAT
WAS NOT SURGE PROTECTED. S. O. RADIO SYSTEM OTS.
100 PM CDT WAHPETON WARNING POINT ND REPORTED MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN
WYNDMERE ND
BENNETTLocal storm report, Aug 25, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 46 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 1:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traverse | 69 min |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.