Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 8, 2002Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2002, 11:58 PM CDT for Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2002, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2002, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:58 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 9, 12:20 AM CDTHail 1.25Devils Lake, NDThe large hail broke lawn ornaments, caused roof damage, and dented cars. Two large car dealerships sustained heavy damage.

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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 199 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2002-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 51 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2002-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 209 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
51 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-266 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
209 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
490 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 090458
SVRFAR
NDC005-071-090545-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
1157 PM CDT SAT JUN 8 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND   
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

* UNTIL 1245 AM CDT.

* AT 1153 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES SOUTH OF FORT TOTTEN...OR ABOUT 22    
  MILES SOUTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST 
  AT 35 MPH.  HAIL UP TO ONE INCH IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  FORT TOTTEN AT 1210 AM...
  ST MICHAEL AT 1215 AM...
  CAMP GRAFTON AT 1220 AM AND
  DEVILS LAKE AT 1225 AM.

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


LAT...LON 4788 9918 4787 9874 4829 9844 4843 9885


DTR

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks36 min
Jun 8, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass, Traill46 min
Jun 8, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy35 min
Jun 9, 12:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNelson45 min
Jun 9, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks38 min
Jun 9, 1:10 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFEddy6 hr
Jun 9, 1:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs42 min
Jun 9, 1:45 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Ramsey45 min
Jun 9, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs, Steele45 min
Jun 9, 2:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFGrand Forks6 hr
Jun 9, 3:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBenson, Nelson, Ramsey6 hr
Jun 9, 6:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Ransom58 min
Jun 9, 7:15 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBarnes, Cass4 hr
Jun 9, 7:17 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBarnes, Cass4 hr
Jun 9, 9:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass48 min
Jun 9, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFGrand Forks6 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.