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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 4, 1997Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1997, 3:05 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. 2 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: Jun 4, 1997, 3:05 PM CDT (20:05 UTC)
Expired: Jun 4, 1997, 3:30 PM CDT
In force: 25 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, 3:25 PM CDT	Hail 1.5	Akeley, MN
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, 8.1 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.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 042004 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC057-042030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
305 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN HUBBARD COUNTY
 
AT 305 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH OF
AKELEY...OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF BEMIDJI. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
SOUTH AT 10 MPH...AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TOWN OF AKELEY BY 315 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND OVER 57 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...TORNADOES...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
 
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, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 35 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1030 PM CDT WED JUN 4 1997

PROBLEM FOR TODAY WL BE CHC FOR TSRA ACRS MN CWA.  14Z ANALYSIS PUTS WK
TROF FROM HCO/GFK/BIS.  AT SFC AND 850 MB...MSTR POOLING ALONG AND AHD
OF TROF WITH DEW POINTS IN THE LOW 60S.  H5 VORT AND H3 JET JUST N OF
BDE AT 12Z.  WITH THESE FEATURES PROGGED TO MOVE SOUTH...EXPECT THAT
PRES FALLS ASSOCIATED WITH TROF TO DRAG TROF ACRS NW MN INTO WC MN BY
MID AFTERNOON WITH SRN END ACRS XTRM SE ND.  AS HAS BEEN CASE LAST TWO
DAYS...BEST MSTR CONV SHUD BE NR SFC LOW WHICH IS EXPECTED TO DROP SSE
INTO WC MN.  WHILE MIXING THIS AFTERNOON WL LOWER DEW POINTS INTO U
50S...MSTR CONV ALONG FRONT...AND INSTABILITY IN EXIT REGION OF FRONT
WL HELP TO DEVELOP CONVECTION ACRS WC MN TOWARD KBJI.  WHILE ETA HAS +2
VV AT H7 OVR SE ND...THE SRN END OF TROF HAS BEEN SLOW TO BREAK CAP AS
MSTR CONV HAS BEEN WEAKER AND BEST UPR DYNAMICS TO E.  SO XPCT CONV WL
STAY OUT OF ND.

FINALLY...WITH TEMPS AT +15 AT 850 AND MORE SUN WL RAISE HIGHS ACRS NE
ND INTO M80...WL HOLD SE ND SAME AS MORE CU LIKELY AHEAD OF FRNT WHICH
WILL KEEP TEMPS SAME.  WL ALSO UP TEMPS IN *WC MN TO L80S WITH MORE SUN.

ANY QUESTIONS...PLEASE CALL.

SCHUMACHER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 4, 12:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 15 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, 1 hour 50 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, 1 hour 43 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, 30 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
EWENS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:36 PM CDT, 29 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
EWENS

Local storm report, Jun 4, 2:45 PM CDT, 20 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
EWENS

The 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, 3:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Hubbard	12 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1997 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997

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.