Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2000
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 86, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 2000, 8:20 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 2000, 8:20 PM CDT (01:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2000, 8:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Benson County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:36 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Oberon, ND | |
| Jun 29, 8:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Oberon, 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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2594 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 0 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 59 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
205 WUUS53 KFGF 300120 SVRFAR NDC005-300155- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 820 PM CDT THU JUN 29 2000 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 855 PM CDT * AT 818 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE OR IN THE VICINITY OF OBERON... MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. * THE STORM WILL BE NEAR OBERON AT 825 PM. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND TORNADOES ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. $$ GUST N
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Eddy | 31 min |
| Jun 29, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Eddy | 34 min |
| Jun 29, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Griggs | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 10:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Steele | 36 min |
| Jun 29, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 32 min |
| Jun 29, 11:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Eddy | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 12:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Eddy | 36 min |
| Jun 30, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson | 35 min |
| Jun 30, 2:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson | 33 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.