Severe Thunderstorm Warning 158, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 18, 2001, 10:37 PM CDT (03:37 UTC)

Expired

Jul 18, 2001, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

38 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

County Marshall County, MN

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 95 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS53 KFGF 190337
SVRFAR
MNC089-190415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
1037 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 1115 PM CDT.

* AT 1031 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTH OF ARGYLE...OR ABOUT 24 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  ARGYLE AT 1055 PM CDT AND
  OLD MILL STATE PARK AT 1115 PM CDT.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 300 AM CDT THURSDAY MORNING FOR
SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4823 9701 4819 9673 4835 9648 4853 9671


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DJK

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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 18, 8:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
829 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

...DUE TO ONGOING SVR WEATHER WL BE BRIEF...

MSAS AND SFC ANALYSIS SHOWING BEST MOIST CONVERGENCE EXTENDING FROM
E OF GFK TO NR DVL ATTM. SFC WARM FRONT CONT TO MOVE N THRU SE ND
AND INTO NW MN PROVIDING FOCUS FOR ONGOING CONVECTION. ALTHOUGH BEST
FOCUS E OF DVL AREA ATTM...TSTMS CONT JUST E OF THIS AREA AND AM
HESITANT TO DROP WATCH THERE BEFORE EXPIRATION TIME. THUS WL KEEP
TORNADO WATCHES GOING UNTIL 3Z THIS AREA.

FFA LOCATIONS LOOK REASONABLE...AND WL CONT AS PREVIOUSLY FORECAST.
ALL SAID...NO BIG CHANGES NEEDED ATTM. WL SEND EVENING UPDATE AFTER
3Z.

.FGF...FLASH FLOOD WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT ALONG AND NORTH OF A DVL-GFK
LINE...FOR REST OF FA OVERNIGHT.

RJT

In the hours before

MNZ004-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026-027-054-190415-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1019 PM CDT WED JUL 18 2001

...THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ALLOWED TO EXPIRE...

AT 1010 PM CDT...THE MAIN THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS SHIFTED
FURTHER SOUTH AND EAST OF THE REGION AS INCREASINGLY STABLE AIR
MOVED IN FROM THE NORTHWEST. THEREFORE THE TORNADO WATCH WAS ALLOWED
TO EXPIRE FOR TOWNER...CAVALIER...BENSON...RAMSEY... WALSH...
PEMBINA...NELSON...GRAND FORKS AND EDDY COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA AND KITTSON COUNTY OF EXTREME NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AT 10 PM
CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
MUCH OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM CDT.

RJT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2001Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2001

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