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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 1, 2000Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 2000, 8:57 PM CDT for Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report 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
Jul 1, 2000, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2000, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:57 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
Jul 1, 9:15 PM CDTHail 1.75Milnor, 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
Jul 1, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC6 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-07-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3394 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2000-07-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
3394 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
132 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
9.0

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The text

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

792 
WUUS53 KFGF 020157
SVRFAR
NDC077-081-020230-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
857 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 2000

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
  EASTERN SARGENT COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 930 PM CDT

* AT 855 PM CDT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED
  A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON OR 8 MILES
  NORTHWEST OF LIDGERWOOD... MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  LIDGERWOOD AT 911 PM CDT
  MANTADOR AT 928 PM CDT

DURING THUNDERSTORMS YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  DO
NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES.

$$
HOPPES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 9:30 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFRichland, Sargent7 hr
Jul 1, 9:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland32 min
Jul 1, 10:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland35 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.