Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 30 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 16, 2001, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 2001, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Richland County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 3:37 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Galchutt, ND | |
| Jun 16, 3:40 PM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Abercrombie, 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1656 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 148 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
905 WUUS53 KFGF 162030 SVRFAR NDC077-162100- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS 330 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EAST CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF WAHPETON... * UNTIL 400 PM CDT * AT 329 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES NORTH OF GALCHUTT...OR ABOUT 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ABERCROMBIE AT 335 PM CDT... DWIGHT AT 345 PM CDT... WAHPETON AT 355 PM CDT... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. $$ NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 315 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001 ...FORECAST CHALLENGE CONTINUES TO BE PRECIPITATION CHANCES... .CURRENT OVERVIEW...WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING CLASSIC VORTICITY SIGNATURE TRACKING ACROSS CENTRAL MN ATTM. STRONGEST TSTM ACTIVITY FIRING EAST AND NORTH OF THIS FEATURE. WIDELY SCT -TSRA DEVELOPING IN SE ND WHERE CLEARING LINE WAS THIS MORNING WHERE DIFFERENTIAL SFC HEATING WAS MAXIMIZED. .SHORT TERM...WENT WITH ETA FOR DETAILS. CONVECTIVE ACTIVITY SHOULD DIMINISH QUICKLY TOWARD SUNSET. ADDED AN EVENING SUB PERIOD TO MOST ZONES TO REFLECT THIS. QUIET PERIOD EXPECTED OVERNIGHT AS UPPER LEVEL NVA DOMINATES DUE TO DEPARTING SHORT WAVE. EXPECT PATCHY FOG TO DEVELOP TONIGHT ACROSS THE CWFA AS LIGHT WINDS AND AREAS OF SATURATED SOILS ARE FAIRLY WIDESPREAD. .MID TERM...NEXT SERIES OF SHORTWAVES IN FAST H5 ZONAL FLOW TO PASS THROUGH THE AREA SUNDAY INTO EARLY MONDAY. TSTM ACTIVITY SHOULD BE ON THE INCREASE SUNDAY AFTERNOON AS SFC TROF MOVES IN. BEST INSTABILITY WILL REMAIN IN SD. HOWEVER...RIDGE OF 330+K 850 MB THETA-E IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CENTRAL ND DURING THE EARLY EVENING. BL CAPE VALUES SHOULD CLIMB INTO THE 1000-1500 J/KG RANGE BY LATE AFTERNOON IN THE SOUTHWESTERN CWA. GOOD DIRECTIONAL SHEAR...WITH WEAK SPEED SHEAR...IN THE SFC TO 700 MB LAYER MAY GENERATE A FEW ELEVATED SUPERCELLS LATE IN THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EVENING. THUS...AGREE WITH SPC SWODY2 SLIGHT RISK OUTLINE. .EXTENDED...NORTHWEST FLOW REGIME CONTINUES AT H5 EARLY IN THE PERIOD WITH RIDGING STARTING TO BUILD IN LATER IN THE EXTENDED. OPEN WAVE AT H5 COMES DOWN IN THE NORTHWEST FLOW ON WED BRINGING THE BEST CHANCE FOR PCPN. FOR NOW WILL KEEP THE CHANCE OF PCPN ON TUE IN THE FAST NW FLOW AND DEPARTING JET ENERGY...ALTHOUGH MODELS NOW STARTING TO SHOW A DRY SOLUTION. TEMPS STILL BELOW NORMAL EARLY...TRENDING BACK TOWARD NORMAL WITH THE ARRIVAL OF THE UPPER LEVEL RIDGE. .FGF...NONE. BRAMER/GODON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland | 34 min |
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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.