Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2000, 2:03 AM CDT for Nelson County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report came from 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, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 9, 2000, 2:03 AM CDT (07:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 9, 2000, 2:35 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction
Counties Nelson County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 2:15 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lankin, 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 271 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1048 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -567 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1690 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 347 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFGF 090704 COR SVRFAR NDC063-099-090735- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS 203 AM CDT FRI JUN 9 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... NORTHERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 235 AM CDT * AT 158 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF WHITMAN...OR ABOUT 32 MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LANKIN AT 210 AM CDT PISEK AT 220 AM CDT NASH AT 230 AM CDT y DURING THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. LAT...LON 4822 9829 4808 9810 4850 9730 4854 9757 NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 9, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 29 min |
| Jun 9, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 31 min |
| Jun 9, 2:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 32 min |
| Jun 9, 2:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pembina | 31 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.