Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1999

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 263, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 31, 1999Eddy County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 31, 1999, 7:00 PM CDT for Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
Aug 31, 1999, 7:00 PM CDT (00:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 31, 1999, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Eddy County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:04 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
Aug 31, 7:18 PM CDTHail 0.75Sheyenne, ND
Aug 31, 7:32 PM CDTHail 0.75Sheyenne, 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 text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 31, 7:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy33 min
Aug 31, 7:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson36 min
Aug 31, 7:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey34 min
Aug 31, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey, Walsh33 min
Sep 1, 8:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.