Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1996, 4:49 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1996, 4:49 PM CDT (21:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1996, 5:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 74 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 4:55 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Thief River Falls, MN | |
| Jul 21, 5:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Bemidji, MN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 3:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 1:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 1:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 54 min |
| Jul 21, 2:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 2:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 3:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 3:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 3:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Mahnomen | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 4:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 32 min |
| Jul 21, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 36 min |
| Jul 21, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 31 min |
| Jul 21, 5:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 39 min |
| Jul 21, 5:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 5:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 6:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 6:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wadena | 34 min |
| Jul 21, 2:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.