Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1997, 3:33 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 12 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 4, 1997, 3:33 PM CDT (20:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1997, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 12 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hubbard County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 3:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Akeley, 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 nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 8.6 hours before the alert went out and 202 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1404 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 30 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFAR 042032 RRA SVRFAR MNC057-042045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 333 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHEASTERN HUBBARD COUNTY AT 329 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVER THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTH OF AKELEY...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. A WEATHER SPOTTER LOCATED SOUTH OF AKELEY REPORTED WALNUT SIZED HAIL ASSOCIATED WITH THIS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...BE PREPARED FOR WINDS IN EXCESS OF 57 MPH...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. STRAGER &
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.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 305 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997 SVR WEATHER IN PORTIONS OF CWA SO LITTLE TIME TO WRITE. WOULD KEEP TSRA THRU EVENING IN WC MN OTHERWISE SKIES WL BE CLEAR AS DRIER AIR AND SUBSIDENCE. WITH DRIER DEW POINTS AND LIGHT WINDS...TEMPS SHUD FALL INTO LOWER 50S AND EVEN A FEW 40S. SCHUMACHER
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052-053-041200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED...CORRECTED DATE... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1250 PM CDT THU JUN 04 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THERE IS A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF DEVILS LAKE...LANGDON...GRAND FORKS...HALLOCK...THIEF RIVER FALLS AND ROSEAU. A STATIONARY BOUNDARY REMAINS SITUATED ACROSS CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS AFTERNOON. ACROSS NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND EXTREME NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SKIES HAVE BECOME PARTLY SUNNY ALLOWING TEMPERATURES TO WARM INTO THE MID 70S BY 1 PM. WITH THE HIGH CLOUDS EXPECTED TO CONTINUE TO THIN THROUGH MIDAFTERNOON...MORE SUN WILL HELP TEMPERATURES TO WARM TO 80 DEGREES. DEW POINTS ACROSS THIS SAME AREA ARE IN THE UPPER 50S TO LOWER 60S. THIS WILL COMBINE TO DESTABILIZE THE ATMOSPHERE AS THE FRONT STRENGTHENS AND MOVES TOWARDS THE RED RIVER VALLEY. FARTHER TO THE SOUTH AND EAST...CLOUDS AND INTERMITTENT SHOWERS WILL KEEP TEMPERATURES COOLER AND THE ATMOSPHERE MORE STABLE. STORMS WILL DEVELOP NORTH AND WEST OF DEVILS LAKE DURING THE MID AFTERNOON. THESE STORMS WILL GRADUALLY MOVE EAST REACHING THE RED RIVER BETWEEN 5 AND 7 PM. THE STORMS WILL THEN MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING. THE MAIN THREAT FROM THESE STORMS IN LARGE HAIL. AN ISOLATED GUST TO 60 MPH IS ALSO POSSIBLE. STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO...TELEVESION...OR CABLE FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052-053-051200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 115 PM CDT WED JUN 04 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE FOR FOR HUBBARD...WADENA...GRANT...OTTER TAIL COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE OVER NEAR THIEF RIVER FALLS LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS ACROSS THIS AREA ARE AROUND 60 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. AS THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT APPROACH... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORM WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MOORHEAD TO BEMIDJI. THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE IN THE PARK RAPIDS AND WADENA AREAS. THE MAIN THREAT IN THESE AREAS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD STILL CONTAIN PEA-SIZE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...AND CABLE STATIONS FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS. SCHUMACHER
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:22 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052-053-051200- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 115 PM CDT WED JUN 04 1997 ...THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF THIS LOW ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE FOR FOR HUBBARD...WADENA...GRANT...OTTER TAIL COUNTIES THROUGH THIS EVENING. LOW PRESSURE OVER NEAR THIEF RIVER FALLS LATE THIS MORNING WILL MOVE SOUTHEAST INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON. DEW POINTS ACROSS THIS AREA ARE AROUND 60 DEGREES AND TEMPERATURES WILL BE WARMING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES. AS THE LOW AND ASSOCIATED FRONT APPROACH... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORM WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM MOORHEAD TO BEMIDJI. THE MOST UNSTABLE CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED TO BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON. THEREFORE...AN ISOLATED SEVERE STORM IS POSSIBLE IN THE PARK RAPIDS AND WADENA AREAS. THE MAIN THREAT IN THESE AREAS WILL BE LARGE HAIL. ACROSS THE REMAINDER OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD STILL CONTAIN PEA-SIZE HAIL. CONTINUE TO MONITOR LOCAL TELEVISION...RADIO...AND CABLE STATIONS FOR FUTURE STATEMENTS. SCHUMACHER
Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:35 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED STATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
235 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM LAPORTE MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/97 HUBBARD
EWENSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 2:36 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 235 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM LAPORTE ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/97 HUBBARD
EWENSLocal storm report, Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTED STATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
235 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0230 PM LAPORTE MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
06/04/97 HUBBARD
EWENSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 27 min |
| Jun 4, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Hubbard | 25 min |
Nearby
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.