Severe Thunderstorm Warning 234, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Oct 11, 1997, 3:36 AM CDT (08:36 UTC)

Expired

Oct 11, 1997, 4:15 AM CDT

In force

39 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Towner County, 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.

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 110836 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC095-110915-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
336 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...TOWNER COUNTY
 
AT 332 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BISBEE.
OR 45 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE CITY OF
ROCKLAKE AND BISBEE.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...MOVE INTO A STRONG BUILDING.
DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES AND STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Oct 11, 2:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 26 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
210 AM CDT SAT OCT 11 1997

WDSPRD TSTMS FRMG ALG LEADING EDGE OF THETA-E AND UPR LVL RDG.  TSMTS
ALSO DVLPG ALG EDGE OF 1.4 INCH PWATS.  MDLS HV THIS AIRMASS SPRDG ACRS
ERN ND/NWRN MN BY 18Z.  SUGG MORNING SCT TSTMS FOR SRN CWFA IN ND AND MN
THEN LOW POP AFTN TSTMS.  ACRS NRN CWFA TSTMS MAY LINGER KPG MENTION OF
LOW POPS AROUND FOR ENTIRE FIRST PD.  SFC LOW DVLPS OVR WRN ND LATE THIS
AFTN WITH SFC CDFNT RMNG WELL ENUF W OF CWFA TO KP STG TSTMS W OF CWFA.
FOR SAT NIGHT ERN ND HAS HVY RN PNTL.  DON/T BLV AS MUCH OF A SVR
THREAT WITH STG SHRTWV STAYING WELL S OF RGN.  MUCH DIFFERENT SITUATION
THEN LAST WED WHEN NEG TILTD SHRTWV MOVD INTO MN.  JET DYN WL BE LESS
ON SAT NIGHT THEN WITH SVR WX FROM LAST WED. THIS TIME THE FNT MOVS ALG
WITH LONGWAVE TROF WHICH WL TAKE TIL SUN TO CLR ERN CWFA.

TEMPS DIFFICULT.  BEST LOCATION FOR CAPG ENVIRONMENT WL BE IN SCNTRL ND
TDA. LOW CLDS COULD FORM QUICKLY IN THE WAKE OF THE TSTMS SPCLY OVR MN
AND RRV.  THIS COULD KP TEMP DOWN A BIT.  CURRENT FCST LOOKS GD FOR ND.
IN MN CANADIAN BORDER LOCATIONS MID-UPR 60S AND FOR AREAS FROM DTL S NR
70.

 BELLES

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