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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 27, 1994Cavalier County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 4:10 AM CDT for Cavalier County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 27, 1994, 4:10 AM CDT (09:10 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 1994, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Cavalier County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 278 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1994-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 466 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1994-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 208 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
466 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-296 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1284 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
64 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
208 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
584 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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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 27, 1:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004-
007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-270730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
140 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
   UNTIL 4 AM CDT...

AT 125 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE RAIN...
CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED
FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPERSTOWN TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LARIMORE IN
NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.  THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE THROUGH GRAND FORKS...GRIGGS AND STEELE COUNTIES BY 230 AM CDT.

THESE STORMS DID NOT PRODUCED ANY SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED THROUGH
NELSON COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND...AND
SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.

JEURISSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 29 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004-
007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-270730-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
140 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
   UNTIL 4 AM CDT...

AT 125 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE RAIN...
CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED
FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPERSTOWN TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LARIMORE IN
NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR.  THESE STORMS
WILL MOVE THROUGH GRAND FORKS...GRIGGS AND STEELE COUNTIES BY 230 AM CDT.

THESE STORMS DID NOT PRODUCED ANY SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED THROUGH
NELSON COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND...AND
SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE ST&ORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST
INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS.

JEURISSEN

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 27, 6:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall59 min
Aug 27, 6:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami55 min
Aug 27, 8:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching55 min
Aug 27, 8:58 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau47 min
Aug 27, 9:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching65 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.