Severe Thunderstorm Warning 286, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Aug 8, 2001, 9:46 PM CDT (02:46 UTC)

Expired

Aug 8, 2001, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

44 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties; the outline is the Mesonet’s reconstruction

Counties Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:50 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.

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.

479 
WUUS53 KFGF 090247
SVRFAR
MNC167-NDC017-073-077-090330-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
946 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
  NORTHWESTERN WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 1030 PM CDT.

* AT 940 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
  LEADING EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM
  FARGO TO 31 MILES SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST
  AT 35 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...

  SHELDON AT 950 PM...
  ELLIOTT AT 955 PM...
  KINDRED AT 1000 PM AND
  LISBON AT 1010 PM.

* 70 MPH WINDS WILL BE LIKELY WITH THIS LINE OF STORMS.

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

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM WEDNESDAY EVENING FOR
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM THURSDAY
MORNING FOR NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4695 9684 4645 9806 4628 9751 4650 9642
          4663 9682


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DTR/06

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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 8, 9:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
911 PM CDT WED AUG 8 2001

...DISCUSSION DELAYED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER...

...MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE THIS PACKAGE IS SVR CONVECTION WITH
FROPA...

.CURRENT OBSERVATIONAL OVERVIEW...INTENSE SVR TSTMS HAVE MOVED
THROUGH THE GRAND FORKS METRO AREA. WIND GUSTS TO 101 MPH WERE
RECORDED WITH THE WEATHER OFFICE HERE. BROKEN LINE OF SVR CELLS ARE
ASSOCIATED WITH COLD FRONT MOVING THROUGH THE AREA.

.SHORT TERM...WILL MAKE SHORT TERM ADJUSTMENTS TO ZONES TO ACCOUNT
FOR CURRENT TSTM ACTIVITY. ZONES WILL AGAIN BE UPDATED WHEN WATCH
STATUS CHANGES.

.FGF...TORNADO WATCH 664 UNTIL 11 PM (DUE TO BE REVISED BY 10 PM)

BRAMER

In the hours before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
722 PM CDT WED AUG 08 2001

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0245 PM    6 NW PONSFORD             MN   60 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/01   BECKER

0339 PM    AKELEY                    MN   62 MPH TSTM GUST
08/08/01   HUBBARD                        MEASURED MN DOT
                                          ROADSIDE SITE

0340 PM    PARK RAPIDS               MN   WIND DAMAGE
08/08/01   HUBBARD                        NUMEROUS TREES DOWN

0600 PM    2 SW MADDOCK              ND   1 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   BENSON

0620 PM    4 SW ESMOND               ND   1 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   BENSON

0620 PM    9 NW MADDOCK              ND   .88 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   BENSON                         4 INCH DIAMETER TREE
                                          BRANCHES ALSO DOWN

0623 PM    5 NE MADDOCK              ND   .75 INCH HAIL
08/08/01   BENSON                         4 INCH DIAMETER TREE
                                          BRANCHES ALSO DOWN

0640 PM    4 NW OBERON               ND   WIND DAMAGE
08/08/01   BENSON                         2 TREES BLOWN DOWN

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

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.