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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 12, 2000Nelson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 2000, 10:40 PM CDT for Nelson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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
Jun 12, 2000, 10:40 PM CDT (03:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2000, 11:10 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Nelson County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:43 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
Jun 12, 10:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 219 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2000-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1445 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2000-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 61 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
1445 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-53 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1745 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
61 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

369 
WUUS53 KFGF 130340
SVRFAR
NDC063-130410-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
1040 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

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

* UNTIL 1110 PM CDT

* AT 1038 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTHEAST OF TOLNA...OR ABOUT 29 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  STUMP LAKE AT 1040 PM CDT
  MAPES AT 1110 PM CDT

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

LAT...LON 4786 9857 4773 9838 4798 9797 4814 9820

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks32 min
Jun 12, 7:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson30 min
Jun 12, 7:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson47 min
Jun 12, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks30 min
Jun 12, 8:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks33 min
Jun 12, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy30 min
Jun 12, 8:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson46 min
Jun 12, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks47 min
Jun 12, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy31 min
Jun 12, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks32 min
Jun 12, 9:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson32 min
Jun 12, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks46 min
Jun 12, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy, Nelson31 min
Jun 12, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks28 min
Jun 12, 10:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson2 hr
Jun 12, 11:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks44 min
Jun 12, 11:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks42 min
Jun 13, 12:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson44 min
Jun 13, 12:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs32 min
Jun 13, 12:40 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFEddy, Grand Forks, Nelson6 hr
Jun 13, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Steele46 min
Jun 13, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass43 min
Jun 13, 3:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks46 min
Jun 13, 6:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs29 min

Nearby

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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.