Severe Thunderstorm Warning 209, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Aug 14, 2000, 11:31 AM CDT (16:31 UTC)

Expired

Aug 14, 2000, 12:00 PM CDT

In force

29 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Clearwater County, MN

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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374 
WUUS53 KFGF 141632
SVRFAR
MNC029-141700-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
1131 AM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL NOON CDT

* AT 1128 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF LOWER RICE LAKE...OR ABOUT 35
  MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LOWER RICE LAKE AT 1135 AM CDT...
  ZERKEL AT 1140 AM CDT...
  ALIDA AT 1145 AM CDT...

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

LAT...LON 4740 9555 4722 9554 4731 9519 4750 9521
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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 14, 10:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1029 AM MON AUG 14 2000

WILL BE BRIEF DUE TO ONGOING SVR WX. SFC WARM FRONT LIFTING INTO THE
SRN FA THIS AM AS SFC LOW CONTINUES TO MOVE EAST ALONG SD/ND BORDER.
LI/S OF -8 COVER MUCH OF THE FA PER NEW ETA...WITH SHOWALTERS AS LOW
AS -6. ATMOSPHERE WILL NOT STABILIZE OVER THE RRV AND POINTS EAST
THUS EXPECT TSRA ACTIVITY TO CONTINUE. WILL TWEAK ZFP TO COVER THIS.

OTHERWISE NOT TIME TO LOOK AT MUCH...WILL MAKE MINOR ADJUSTMENTS AS
NEEDED.

.FGF...NONE.

RJT

In the hours before

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-141400-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
620 AM CDT MON AUG 14 2000

...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH EARLY AFTERNOON
ACROSS MAINLY WEST-CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

SYNOPSIS...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AHEAD OF A EASTWARD ADVANCING
TROUGH WILL SPREAD EAST OF THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO MINNESOTA LATER
THIS MORNING.

AREA OF CONCERN...MAINLY FROM THE RED RIVER VALLEY EAST.

TIME...GREATEST THREAT INTO EARLY AFTERNOON.

HAZARD...MAINLY DAMAGING WINDS ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL.

BERG

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