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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 18, 1996Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1996, 10:59 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. 1 report 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
Jun 18, 1996, 10:59 PM CDT (03:59 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1996, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Benson County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 11:02 PM CDTHail 0.75Fillmore, ND

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 nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.0 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 1996-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1871 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 1996-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner35 min
Jun 19, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey, Towner33 min
Jun 19, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner32 min
Jun 19, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner30 min

Nearby

Severe 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.