Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2001

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 16, 2001Ransom County, Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 2001, 5:26 PM CDT for Ransom County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
Jun 16, 2001, 5:26 PM CDT (22:26 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 2001, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 5:30 PM CDTHail 0.75Sheldon, 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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2001-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 128 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 162226
SVRFAR
NDC073-077-162300-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND-GRAND FORKS
526 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHEASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 600 PM CDT

* AT 525 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF SHELDON...OR ABOUT 34 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF FARGO...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  BARRIE AT 545 PM CDT...

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


$$

GODON

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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, 2 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 16, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 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

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:30 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA/GRAND FORKS
430 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

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

0323 PM    4 S COLFAX                ND   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RICHLAND

0337 PM    GALCHUTT                  ND   .75 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RICHLAND

0340 PM    3 S 1 W ABERCROMBIE       ND   .88 INCH HAIL
06/16/01   RICHLAND
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:00 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-161400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
500 PM CDT SAT JUN 16 2001

...FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE POSSIBLE IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING...

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR VALLEY CITY...SOUTHEAST
TO ELBOW LAKE LATE THIS AFTERNOON ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL
CLOUDS THIS EVENING. SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE ALREADY BEEN
REPORTED AROUND WAHPETON. THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO
TOUCH DOWN AND BECOME TORNADOES. IF ANY OF THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS DO
TOUCH DOWN...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY AND REPOgRT THEM TO YOUR LOCAL
LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.

THE ATMOSPHERE WILL RAPIDLY STABILIZE AFTER SUNSET...AND THE THREAT
OF THUNDERSTORMS AND FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL CEASE.

KELLENBENZ

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRichland30 min

Nearby

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

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.