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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 12, 2000Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 4:44 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 31 min. 2 reports 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 12, 2000, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Kittson County, MN, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 12, 4:50 PM CDTHail 1.75Drayton, ND
Jun 12, 5:15 PM CDTThunderstorm WindGrafton, NDTrees were blown down northeast of Grafton.

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 watch it was issued in

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

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 12, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.7 hours before the alert went out and 291 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2000-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 326 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
997 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
326 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
376 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

298 
WUUS53 KFGF 122145
SVRFAR
MNC069-NDC067-099-122215-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
444 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
  SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT

* AT 441 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF HERRICK...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HERRICK AT 450 PM CDT
  DRAYTON AT 500 PM CDT
  ROBBIN AT 505 PM CDT
  MATTSON AT 515 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 4852 9747 4839 9728 4868 9697 4880 9710

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 4:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson29 min
Jun 12, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson32 min
Jun 11, 8:08 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson, Towner32 min
Jun 12, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWalsh29 min
Jun 12, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWalsh32 min
Jun 12, 4:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs, Nelson29 min
Jun 12, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson32 min
Jun 12, 5:12 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFWalsh33 min
Jun 12, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson31 min
Jun 12, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWalsh32 min
Jun 12, 5:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson33 min
Jun 12, 6:24 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks31 min
Jun 12, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson30 min
Jun 12, 6:52 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks33 min
Jun 12, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs, Nelson31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2000Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.