Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2002

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 10, 2002Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 2002, 9:22 AM CDT for Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 38 min. 2 reports 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 10, 2002, 9:22 AM CDT (14:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2002, 10:00 AM CDT
In force
38 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), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 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 10, 9:30 AM CDTHail 1Ft Totten, ND
Jun 10, 9:30 AM CDTHail 0.75Devils Lake, 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

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 202 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 12:00Z on 2002-06-10Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2002-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 146 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 101422
SVRFAR
NDC005-071-101500-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
922 AM CDT MON JUN 10 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  EAST CENTRAL BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

* UNTIL 1000 AM CDT.

* AT 919 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES SOUTHEAST OF FORT TOTTEN...OR ABOUT 13
  MILES SOUTH OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30
  MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  TOKIO AT 925 AM...
  ST MICHAEL AT 930 AM...
  DEVILS LAKE AT 940 AM AND
  CRARY AT 945 AM.

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

LAT...LON 4794 9914 4787 9888 4827 9841 4841 9871


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 6:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Towner53 min
Jun 10, 6:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey42 min
Jun 10, 7:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier, Towner52 min
Jun 10, 7:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey31 min
Jun 10, 8:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson47 min
Jun 10, 9:45 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFPembina3 hr
Jun 10, 11:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier51 min
Jun 10, 1:08 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina4 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.