Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 12, 2000, 8:39 PM CDT (01:39 UTC)

Expired

Jun 12, 2000, 9:25 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Nelson County, ND

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 78 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

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WUUS53 KFGF 130141 COR
SVRFAR
NDC063-130225-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN AND WESTERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 925 PM CDT

* AT 838 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MICHIGAN...OR ABOUT 35
  MILES EAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MICHIGAN AT 855 PM CDT
  PETERSBURG AT 900 PM CDT

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

NNNN

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 12, 8:20 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
820 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

SVR WEATHER IS THE FOCUS THIS EVENING.  SFC LOW IN FAR NW SD WITH
WARM FRONT FROM JUST NORTH OF BIS TO JUST NORTH OF GFK TO FAR NW
MN.  STORMS CONTINUE ALONG THIS BOUNDARY WHERE GOOD THETA-E
ADVECTION AND MOISTURE COVERGENCE.  RUC SHOWS 85H JET INCREASING
FROM CNTRL INTO CNTRL ND ATTM WITH 85H WINDS BEGINNING TO WASH
BOUNDARY IN NE ND OUT.    EARLIER GOES IMAGERY SHOWS 5000 J/KG CAPE
ESTIMATE OVER SRN CWFA.

EXPECT...TSTMS TO CONTINUE ALONG FRONT AND BUILD WEST INTO CNTRL
ND.  MIGHT BE A BRIEF LULL IN ACTIVITY...BUT TSTMS IN SW ND WILL
INCREASE AS IT MOVES EAST TOWARD LLJ AND LOOKS LIKE MCS POTENTIAL
OVERNIGHT FOR MUCH OF CWFA.

ZFP ATTM LOOKS GOOD AND WILL TWEEK WITH WATCH EXPIRATION/NEW WATCH
CLOSER TO 10 PM.

.FGF...NONE

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