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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 6, 2002Beltrami County, Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2002, 7:51 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 2002, 7:51 PM CDT (00:51 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2002, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Hubbard County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 177 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:51 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.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 177 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2002-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 635 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2002-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 101 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
635 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1602 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
101 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
338 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
5.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 070051
SVRFAR
MNC007-057-070115-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
750 PM CDT THU JUN 6 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

   NORTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT.

* AT 745 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTHEAST OF BECIDA...OR ABOUT 7 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  NARY AT 755 PM.

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

LAT...LON 4753 9514 4727 9517 4729 9471 4755 9468

BERG

NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Hubbard12 min
Jun 6, 8:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFWilkin25 min
Jun 6, 8:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail52 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2002Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2002

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.