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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 22, 2002Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 2002, 8:25 AM CDT for Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 22, 2002, 8:25 AM CDT (13:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 2002, 9:15 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 22, 8:35 AM CDTHail 1.75Stephen, MN
Jun 22, 8:38 AM CDTHail 1Donaldson, MN

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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 264 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 2002-06-22Temperature 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2002-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
962 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
160 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 221325
SVRFAR
MNC069-089-221415-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
825 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
  MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 915 AM CDT.

* AT 822 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A     
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF STEPHEN...OR ABOUT 17    
  MILES EAST OF GRAFTON...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  ARGYLE AT 830 AM...
  STEPHEN AT 835 AM...
  DONALDSON AT 855 AM AND
  KENNEDY AT 900 AM.

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

LAT...LON 4840 9712 4826 9685 4875 9644 4891 9693


BERG

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 11:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman39 min
Jun 22, 12:58 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFLake of the Woods8 hr
Jun 22, 2:40 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClearwater6 hr
Jun 22, 2:43 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFClearwater6 hr
Jun 22, 3:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater44 min
Jun 22, 3:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard34 min
Jun 22, 3:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFHubbard27 min

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.