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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 13, 2000Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 13, 2000, 2:17 AM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 43 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 13, 2000, 2:17 AM CDT (07:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 13, 2000, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 13, 2:30 AM CDTHail 1Oriska, 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 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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 229 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.

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 130720 COR
SVRFAR
NDC003-017-130900-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
217 AM CDT TUE JUN 13 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  WESTERN AND NORTHERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA 
  EAST CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 300 AM CDT

* AT 214 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF ORISKA...OR ABOUT 13 MILES
  EAST OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  TOWER CITY AT 225 AM CDT
  BUFFALO AT 230 AM CDT
  AYR AT 240 AM CDT
  ABSARAKA AT 245 AM CDT
  ARTHUR AT 250 AM CDT

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

LAT...LON 4687 9792 4674 9774 4699 9733 4715 9756

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, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson30 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, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.