Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1999, 12:01 AM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 49 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 26, 1999, 12:01 AM CDT (05:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 1999, 12:50 AM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Steele County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 54 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 12:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Pillsbury, ND | Large tree limbs were downed by the wind. |
| Jun 26, 12:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Finley, ND | A portion of the roof of a large shed was destroyed by the wind. |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
| Jun 25, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 5 hr |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 25, 9:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 25, 9:40 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Jun 25, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 36 min |
| Jun 25, 8:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 47 min |
| Jun 25, 9:05 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Benson, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Jun 25, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey, Walsh | 35 min |
| Jun 25, 11:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Griggs | 33 min |
| Jun 25, 11:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele, Traill | 33 min |
| Jun 26, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 1:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 32 min |
| Jun 25, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 62 min |
| Jun 25, 7:31 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman, Polk | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 12:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Red Lake | 58 min |
| Jun 26, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 30 min |
| Jun 26, 1:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Clay | 46 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.