Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Watches in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Watch 635
The Storm Prediction Center issued this severe thunderstorm watch at Jul 19, 1997, 2:45 PM CDT for 12 counties in Minnesota; 10 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 5 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1997, 2:45 PM CDT (19:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1997, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 5 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 22 counties
Becker County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Clay County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Grant County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN, Norman County, MN, Otter Tail County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Dickey County, ND, Grand Forks County, ND, LaMoure County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND, Steele County, ND, Traill County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
1 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 28 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Traverse | 5 hr |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Watches in Minnesota, 1997Severe Thunderstorm Watches in North Dakota, 1997Every severe thunderstorm watch 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.