Severe Thunderstorm Warning 175, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 19, 2001, 6:02 AM CDT (11:02 UTC)

Expired

Jul 19, 2001, 6:30 AM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

County Cass County, ND

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 66 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
602 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
  INCLUDING THE CITY OF FARGO...

* UNTIL 630 AM CDT.

* AT 600 AM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAPLETON...OR ABOUT 8
  MILES WEST OF FARGO...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  HORACE AT 605 AM CDT...
  WEST FARGO AT 610 AM CDT AND
  OXBOW AT 615 AM CDT.

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 AM CDT
THURSDAY MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA.


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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 19, 3:25 AM CDT, 2 hours 37 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
325 AM CDT THU JUL 19 2001

FORECAST CONCERN CONTINUES TO BE CONVECTION

LITTLE OVERALL CHANGE IN PATTERN EXPECTED ACROSS FORECAST AREA.
ONGOING CONVECTION AHEAD OF SW/NE BOUNDARY THROUGH EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONITORED FOR AM MENTION. IN ADDITION
CONVECTIVE CLUSTER ALONG CENTRAL ND/SD BORDER WILL ALSO BE A CONCERN.

FOR TODAY WK SFC HIGH TO SHIFT OVER FORECAST AREA HOWEVER WILL
PROVIDE LITTLE PROTECTION FROM CONVECTIVE DEVELOPENT. CURRENT
BOUNDARY TO MOVE LITTLE BEING ORIENTED PARALLEL TO FLOW AND
ADDITIONAL BOUNDARIES AS A RESULT OF CURRENT CONVECTION TO LIKELY BE
FOCUS FOR ADDITIONAL CONVECTIVE DEVELOPMENT AND S/W EVIDENT ON WV
OVR IDAHO LIFTS NORTHEAST LATE IN DAY. ALSO WITH FAVORABLE LOW LEVEL
CONVERGENCE OVR NW SD AND ENTRANCE REGION OF UPPER JET COULD SEE
ROUND OF LATE NIGHT TSRA ORIGINATING FROM THIS AREA. WILL NOT GET
INTO DETAILS HOWEVER AIRMASS CONTINUES TO BE VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE
FAVORING DEEP CONVECTION. ATTM FAVOR SOUTHERN HALF OF FA FOR
FAVORABLE LOCATION OF STRONGEST CONVECTION BASED ON STRONGEST
BOUNDARIES AND HIGH THETA-E AND THIS AREA MAY AGAIN SEE NEED FOR
FLASH FLOOD WATCH. AT THIS TIME WILL HOLD OFF WITH UNCERTAINTY ON
LATE NIGHT MCS. TEMPS STATUS-QUO WITH LITTLE CHANGE IN AIRMASS.

WILL LIKELY CONFINE PCPN CHANCES FR'IDAY TO AM HOURS AS HIGH BUILDS
IN DURING DAY ALONG WITH THETA-E RIDGE SHIFTING SOUTH AND LACK OF
ANY SIG BOUNDARIES.

.FGF...NONE.

VOELKER

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