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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 9, 2002Beltrami County, Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 9, 2002, 7:53 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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 9, 2002, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC)
Expired
Jun 9, 2002, 9:00 AM CDT
In force
67 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), 179 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:57 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 12:00Z, 0.9 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2002-06-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 131 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-164 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
175 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 091253
SVRFAR
MNC007-057-091400-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
753 AM CDT SUN JUN 9 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND   HUBBARD COUNTY IN 
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 900 AM CDT.

* AT 747 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE
  LEADING EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 28
  MILES NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI TO 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...
  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...

  SOLWAY AT 800 AM...
  ISLAND LAKE AT 810 AM...
  WILTON AT 815 AM AND
  PUPOSKY AT 825 AM.

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

LAT...LON 4786 9514 4716 9515 4711 9470 4781 9458


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman46 min
Jun 9, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman38 min
Jun 9, 12:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk38 min
Jun 9, 1:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Mahnomen45 min
Jun 9, 2:36 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFPolk6 hr
Jun 9, 3:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen, Norman44 min
Jun 9, 4:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman46 min
Jun 9, 4:16 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFNorman6 hr
Jun 9, 4:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Mahnomen, Norman63 min
Jun 9, 5:04 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFMahnomen6 hr
Jun 9, 5:23 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake6 hr
Jun 9, 5:53 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFBecker, Clay37 min
Jun 9, 5:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen, Norman63 min
Jun 9, 6:07 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBecker, Clay6 hr
Jun 9, 6:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay61 min
Jun 9, 7:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker55 min
Jun 9, 7:47 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater43 min
Jun 9, 7:56 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClearwater4 hr
Jun 9, 8:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater62 min
Jun 9, 10:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk39 min
Jun 9, 11:33 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake6 hr
Jun 9, 1:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk42 min
Jun 9, 5:25 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFMarshall, Pennington, Red Lake4 hr

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.