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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 11, 2000Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 2000, 3:07 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline the Iowa Environmental Mesonet reconstructed for it; the warning itself named whole counties.

The facts

Issued
Jul 11, 2000, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 11, 2000, 3:35 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Richland County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 11, 12:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 2000-07-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 683 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2000-07-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 105 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
683 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-84 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
957 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
105 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
119 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.4

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 112008
SVRFAR
NDC077-112035-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
307 PM CDT TUE JUL 11 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 335 PM CDT

* AT 305 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTH OF STILES...OR ABOUT 23 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MANTADOR AT 310 PM CDT...
  HANKINSON AT 315 PM CDT...
  GREAT BEND AT 325 PM CDT...
  SONORA AT 330 PM CDT...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 PM CDT
TUESDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4623 9717 4605 9717 4603 9663 4625 9666

NNNN
06

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 11, 9:44 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBenson, Ramsey, Towner6 hr
Jul 11, 1:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom32 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2000Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2000

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.