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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 28, 1997Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 28, 1997, 10:12 AM CDT for Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 28, 1997, 10:12 AM CDT (15:12 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1997, 11:00 AM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Wilkin County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 28, 9:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 3.2 hours before the alert went out and 221 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1997-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3944 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1997-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -36 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
3944 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-170 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

874 
WUUS1 KFAR 281514 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC167-281600-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1012 AM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WILKIN COUNTY
 
AT 1010 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR THE
TOWN OF WOLVERTON...WHICH IS 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FARGO. THIS STORM IS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
ROTHSAY AND LAWNDALE.
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
STRAGER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 7:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall41 min
Jun 27, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau33 min
Jun 27, 7:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods28 min
Jun 27, 7:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall47 min
Jun 27, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami42 min
Jun 27, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami26 min
Jun 27, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami44 min
Jun 27, 10:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami49 min
Jun 27, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall28 min
Jun 27, 10:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater26 min
Jun 27, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami47 min
Jun 27, 11:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Polk30 min
Jun 27, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater27 min
Jun 27, 11:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman36 min
Jun 28, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen, Polk32 min
Jun 28, 12:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Hubbard28 min
Jun 28, 12:36 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman39 min
Jun 28, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen, Polk31 min
Jun 28, 1:11 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen, Polk3 hr
Jun 28, 1:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen31 min
Jun 28, 1:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard31 min
Jun 28, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker30 min
Jun 28, 1:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman28 min
Jun 28, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman32 min
Jun 28, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen35 min
Jun 28, 2:54 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker36 min
Jun 28, 3:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker31 min
Jun 28, 9:16 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail29 min
Jun 28, 9:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin44 min
Jun 28, 9:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail28 min
Jun 28, 10:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail54 min
Jun 28, 11:00 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFOtter Tail4 hr
Jun 28, 11:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin33 min
Jun 28, 12:21 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFWilkin2 hr
Jun 28, 1:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail27 min
Jun 28, 1:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWadena35 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.