Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 21, 1996, 6:12 PM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. 5 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
- Aug 21, 1996, 6:12 PM CDT (23:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 21, 1996, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 6:34 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| Aug 21, 6:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Foxhome, MN | |
| Aug 21, 6:42 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Breckenridge, MN | |
| Aug 21, 6:53 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Wahpeton, ND | |
| Aug 21, 6:54 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Breckenridge, 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.
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
Local storm report, Aug 21, 2:37 PM CDT, 3 hours 35 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
236 PM CDT WED AUG 21 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION...
1105 AM HOLMES ND 0.75 INCH HAIL
08/21/96 SE GRAND FORKS
BOHORQUEZThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 21, 7:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 25 min |
| Aug 21, 7:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 15 min |
| Aug 21, 9:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 10:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 11:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 36 min |
| Aug 21, 5:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clearwater | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 40 min |
| Aug 21, 2:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 30 min |
| Aug 21, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 38 min |
| Aug 21, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Towner | 34 min |
| Aug 21, 4:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 39 min |
| Aug 21, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 29 min |
| Aug 21, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 41 min |
| Aug 21, 10:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 31 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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.