Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 3, 1999Clearwater County, Mahnomen County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1999, 9:59 AM CDT for Clearwater County, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 3, 1999, 9:59 AM CDT (14:59 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1999, 10:30 AM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clearwater County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 10:10 AM CDTThunderstorm WindMahnomen, MNLarge tree limbs were blown down.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 3, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 357 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1999-07-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1999-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
417 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Jul 3, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 59 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 3, 3:00 AM CDT, 6 hours 59 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
300 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 1999

FORECAST CHALLENGE WILL BE EXTENT AND SEVERITY OF TSRA AS WELL AS
TEMPS. MODELS GENERALLY IN FAIR AGREEMENT THROUGH PERIOD. THROUGH EARLY
FCST PERIOD 3HR PRESSURE FALL TENDENCY FROM MSAS WOULD FAVOR ETA SFC
LOW LOCATION VS NGM HOWEVER MODELS CONVERGE IN LATER PERIODS.

CURRENT SFC MAP INDICATING WK BOUNDARY FROM SW TO NE ND. CURRENT NON
SEVERE CONVECTION NORTH OF MCS OVR ND ASSOCIATED WITH VORT LOBE/S/W
PICKED UP ON MODELS AND WV WITH SHIFTS NORTHEAST TODAY. FARTHER SOUTH
AIRMASS SOMEWHAT CONTAMINATED BY CURRENT SD/MN MCS HOWEVER WARM FRONT
LOOKS TO BE ORIENTED FROM SFC LOW OVR CENTRAL SD EASTWARD TO NEAR ATY
THEN INTO SW MN.

SEVERE WX PARAMATERS IN PLACE FOR LATER TODAY ACROSS LARGE PART OF FA.
WYO SFC LOW PROPAGATES EAST TO CENTRAL SD WITH WARM FRONT FROM SE NE TO
LAKE SUPERIOR. SW UPPER FLOW AMPLIFIES DURING PERIOD AND TUF TO PICKOUT
ANY PARTICULAR WAVE UPSTREAM. INSTABILITY INCREASES DURING AM AS 65 TO
70 TDS CONTINUE TO LIFT NORTH AND PWATS INCREASE TO GREATER THAN 1.5
INCHES WHICH MAY BRING HEAVY RAIN THREAT TO AREA. FEEL INITIAL PRIME
AREA TO BE FROM LOW CENTER ALONG BOUNDARY. WARM FRONT LIFTS NORTH
DURING DAY TO NORTHERN COUNTIES BY 00Z. WITH IMPRESSIVE H7 TEMPS ONE
WOULD THINK AIRMASS WOULD BE CAPPED AS FRONT LIFTS NORTH. CONVECTIVE
DEBRIS MAY INHIBIT INITIAL HEATING SO MAY TAKE SOME TIME FOR AIRMASS TO
REALLY DESTABALIZE SO MAIN SEVERE THREAT MAY BE FARTHER NORTH AS NEXT
SW LIFTS NORTHEAST TONIGHT. OTHER MESOSCALE BOUNDARIES MAY ALSO
INFLUENCE SEVERE THREAT WITH PASSING MCS. TIMING OF UPPER SUPPORT ALSO
IN QUESTION FOR EARLY SVR THREAT.

WAA CONTINUES INTO SUNDAY AND WITH SFC LOW HANGING UP OVR SD WITH SW-NE
ORIENTED BOUNDARY THROUGH FA FELL CONVECTIVE THREAT WILL CONTINUE OVER
SE PTN OF FA.

.FGF...NONE

VOELKER

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052-053-031410-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
545 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT OVER NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL LIFT NORTH
TODAY. AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WARM FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS IT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

AREA OF CONCERN...THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SPREADING
NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

TIME...START AFTER NOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.

TYPE OF HAZARD...MAINLY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
EXPECTED.

VOELKER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 5:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052-053-031410-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
545 AM CDT SAT JUL 3 1999

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

SYNOPSIS...A WARM FRONT OVER NORTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL LIFT NORTH
TODAY. AS THE FRONT LIFTS NORTH VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL
SPREAD ACROSS THE REGION. THIS WARM FRONT WILL BE THE FOCUS FOR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AS IT LIFTS NORTH ACROSS THE REGION TODAY AND
TONIGHT.

AREA OF CONCERN...THE MOST FAVORABLE AREA FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL
BE ALONG AND SOUTH OF INTERSTATE 94 EARLY THIS AFTERNOON SPREADING
NORTHWARD DURING THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING HOURS.

TIME...START AFTER NOON AND CONTINUE INTO THE NIGHT TIME HOURS.

TYPE OF HAZARD...MAINLY LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH THE
POSSIBILITY FOR ISOLATED TORNADOES. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO
EXPECTED.

VOELKER
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:35 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 7:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes32 min
Jul 3, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes37 min
Jul 3, 7:42 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFBarnes33 min
Jul 3, 8:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass32 min
Jul 3, 8:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay34 min
Jul 3, 9:07 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay33 min
Jul 3, 9:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.