Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 7, 2000, 6:03 AM CDT (11:03 UTC)

Expired

Jul 7, 2000, 6:35 AM CDT

In force

32 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Ramsey County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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000 
WUUS53 KFGF 071105
SVRFAR
NDC071-099-071133-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
603 AM CDT FRI JUL 7 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  EASTERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA   
  WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 635 AM CDT

* AT 556 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER EDMORE...OR ABOUT 23 MILES SOUTH OF
  LANGDON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
   
   EDMORE AT 608 AM CDT
   ADAMS AT 615 AM CDT

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERST%ORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

LAT...LON 4851 9886 4831 9892 4837 9805 4853 9836


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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 7, 3:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
350 AM CDT FRI JUL 7 2000

FCST CHALLLENGE...SVR THREAT THIS AM. ADDN TSTMS TNGT.

NEAR TERM...TSTMS ROUNDING THE THICKNESS RIDGE IN SRN MAN ARE
BEGINNING TO DROP SEWD TOWARD NRN MN...WHILE ADDN CONVECTION
DEVELOPS ACROSS THE RRV INTO NW MN...AND ALG THE SFC BNDRY FM SRN
MAN INTO ERN MT. 00Z ETA AND 06Z MESOETA MAINTAIN FAIR AMOUNT OF
INSTABILITY ACRS THE CWFA TDY WITH GOOD DEEP LAYER SHEAR THROUGHTHE
MORNING HOURS. POSSIBLE BOWECHO FORMATION OCCURRING EAST OF MOT AND
MOVING INTO NERN ND. 90+KT H3 JET STREAK EVIDENT LIFTING FM MLS INTO
ISN ATTM PROVIDING DANGEROUS KICK TO ANY ACTIVITY. WILL NEED TO
CLOSELY WATCH ANY DEVELOPMENT...WITH BIGGEST THREAT ACROSS NCNTRL
AND NERN ND THIS AM. MODELS CONTINUE TO FCST PCPN DEVELOPING DOWN
INTO THE RRV AND NW MN THROUGH TDY...SO WILL KEEP POPS IN SCT TO
LIKELY REALM TDY AND TNGT. WILL DROP FFW SINCE STORMS ARE MOVING
RAPIDLY WITH GOOD STEERING FLOW. LOCAL RAINS MAY BE HEAVY AT TIMES
BUT TRAINING ECHOS ARE NOT LIKELY. WILL NEED TO WATCH SITUATION IF
MULTIPLE ECHO PASSES SEEMS A POSSIBILITY.

MID TERM...ETA DRIVES NEXT VORT ACROSS SRN ZONES ON SAT WHILE
KEEPING NORTHERN ZONES ON DRIER NORTH END OF WEAK BOUNDARY. FOR NOW
THIS SEEMS LIKE A REASONABLE DEPICTION WITH SOME AGREEMENT FM NGM.
AVN STAYS DRY.

EXTENDED...NOT MUCH TIME TO LOOK AT EXTENDED. WILL STAY WITH
PREVIOUS PACKAGE.

.FGF...NONE.

GUST

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