Severe Thunderstorm Warning 87, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 22, 2002, 3:11 PM CDT (20:11 UTC)

Expired

Jun 22, 2002, 3:45 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Hubbard County, 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.

Not verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow found no qualifying storm report inside this severe thunderstorm warning while it was in force. That is not proof nothing happened: reports are thin where few people live.

Cow counts a report within 15 km of the polygon while the warning was in force: a tornado for a tornado warning; hail of 1 inch or more, a gust of 58 mph or more or wind damage for a severe thunderstorm warning; a flash flood report for a flash flood warning.

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  NORTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

* UNTIL 345 PM CDT.

* AT 309 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF BECIDA...OR ABOUT 8 MILES
  SOUTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...

  NARY AT 315 PM AND
  GUTHRIE AT 320 PM.

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

LAT...LON 4739 9513 4722 9513 4722 9472 4740 9472


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NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 22, 10:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 41 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1030 AM CDT SAT JUN 22 2002

SPLIT FLOW WAS ACROSS NORTH AMERICA. A SHORT WAVE WAS OVER EASTERN
SASKATCHEWAN WILL MOVE EAST AND DIG. SOME DARKENING NOTED OVER
SASKATCHEWAN. UPPER LEVEL RIDGE WAS OVER THE NORTHERN PLAINS WITH
SHORT WAVE MOVING THROUGH THE FLOW. WATER VAPOR LOOP SHOWS SHORT
WAVE OVER EASTERN MT/WESTERN ND WITH MCS OVER NORTHERN ND AND
NORTHWEST MN. LOW LEVEL JET EXTENDS FROM ND TO THE TX PANHANDLE. 88D
VAD WIND HAS GOOD INFLOW WITH 35 TO 40 KTS AT LOW LEVELS. LOW LEVEL
JET FORECAST TO SHIFT OVER NORTHEAST MN TODAY. KBIS AND KMBX HAS LOW
LEVEL NORTHERLY VAD WINDS BELOW 4 THOUSAND AND 7 THOUSAND FEET
RESPECTIVELY. PRECIPITABLE WATER TO REMAIN AROUND 1.75 TO 2.00
INCHES. CONVERGENT FLOW ALSO NOTED AT 850 AND 700 MB. MESOSCALE
ANALYSIS SHOWS SURFACE CONVERGENT AXIS AND SURFACE MOISTURE FLUX
CONVERGENCE FROM NEAR BISMARCK TO BAUDETTE. BEST PRESSURE FALLS
EXTENDED FROM BAUDETTE TO WAHPETON AND WAS SHIFTING EAST. SURFACE
DEWPOINTS CONTINUE TO RISE THIS MORNINGE WITH UPPER 60S IN THE SOUTH
HALF OF THE FORECAST AREA AND THE LOWER 60S IN THE NORTH. EXPECT
STORM COMPLEX TO SHIFT EAST TODAY. WILL CHECK ZONES.

.FGF...FLOOD WATCH ENTIRE FA THROUGH SUNDAY.
HOPPES

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

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.