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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 14, 1998Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1998, 8:12 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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: Jul 14, 1998, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 14, 1998, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 33 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Richland County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 14, 8:15 PM CDT	Hail 1	Fairmount, 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.

The watch it was issued in

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

Issued	Product	Office	Lasted
Jul 14, 4:30 PM CDT	Tornado Watch	SPC	6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 189 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: 4358 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1271 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -8 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: -0.1
Supercell composite: -1.0

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The text

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

415 
WUUS1 KFAR 150113 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC077-150145-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
812 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 845 PM CDT

* AT 812 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6
  MILES SOUTHEAST OF HANKINSON...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON .
..
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  CROSS HWY 127 AT 830 PM CDT

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.


NG

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 Jul 14, 8:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 8:05 PM CDT, 7 minutes before

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
805 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

1ST PERIOD DISCUSSION...LITTLE TIME FOR DISC W SEVERE WX STILL ONGOING.
FNT NOW THRU RRV W W/NW FLO CKN TO FAR. HOWEVER...AIRMASS AHD OF FNT
VERY UNSTABLE W CAPES 4000-5000 J/KG AND SFC MXNG RATIOS 17-20 G/KG
XTNDG TO BDR. WK LO PRES ANALYZED NOW JUST W OF FFM W TRIPLE POINT AND
ASSOC STRNGST SFC MOIST CNVRGNCE BULLSEYE IN XTRM NE SD.

BELIV SVR THREAT SHUD SLIDE SSE OF CWA BY ARND 02Z AS BEST LOW LVL
INFLOW SLIDES S OF SE COUNTIES AND COMPLEX THEN AFFECTS MAINLY SRN MN
AND NW WI LATER TNGT. STILL CUD BE A FEW SHRA AND -TSRA E AND NE ZONES
BFRE MDNGT IN RGN WHERE SFC FLO STILL S AND ADVCTN OF HIEST MIXNG
RATIOS STILL ONGOING. OTHRWSE WL REMOVE PRECIP FROM ALL OTHER ZONES W
THIS UPDATE AND REMOVE WATCH HEADER WHERE NECESSARY.

WL LUK AT TEMPS BFR ISSUANCE BUT APPEAR OK ATTM.

SOROKA

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 14, 3:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 37 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
335 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0145 PM    5SE ROTHSAY               MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   WILKIN

0220 PM    3 SE ELIZEBETH            MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0235 PM    PHELPS                    MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0300 PM    WEGGELAND                 MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0316 PM    PHELPS                    MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0325 PM    WEGGELAND                 MN   FLOODING
07/14/98

 BELLES

GODON

Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
502 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0335 PM    PHELPS                    MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0353 PM    WEGGELAND                 MN   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0353 PM    PHELPS                    MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0400 PM    5N BATTLE LAKE            MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0424 PM    4W PELICAN RAPIDS         MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0425 PM    PELICAN RAPIDS            MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0430 PM    PELICAN RAPIDS            MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0430 PM    4W PELICAN RAPIDS         MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0430 PM    15E PELICAN RAPIDS        MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0437 PM    5NNE PHELPS               MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0440 PM    DENT                      MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0443 PM    15E PELICAN RAPIDS        MN   1.00 jINCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

SCHUMACHER

Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:02 PM CDT, 3 hours 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
502 PM CDT TUE JUL 14 1998

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0335 PM    PHELPS                    MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0353 PM    WEGGELAND                 MN   2.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0353 PM    PHELPS                    MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0400 PM    5N BATTLE LAKE            MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0424 PM    4W PELICAN RAPIDS         MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0425 PM    PELICAN RAPIDS            MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0430 PM    PELICAN RAPIDS            MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0430 PM    4W PELICAN RAPIDS         MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0430 PM    15E PELICAN RAPIDS        MN   0.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0437 PM    5NNE PHELPS               MN   1.75 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0440 PM    DENT                      MN   1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

0443 PM    15E PELICAN RAPIDS        MN   1.00 jINCH HAIL
07/14/98   OTTER TAIL

SCHUMACHER

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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.