Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 6, 2003, 7:31 PM CDT for Hubbard County, Wadena County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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
- Jul 6, 2003, 7:31 PM CDT (00:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 6, 2003, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
Counties Hubbard County, MN, Wadena County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 200 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:32 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Did it verify
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.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 2:20 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 230 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1757 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -184 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
749 WUUS53 KFGF 070031 SVRFGF MNC057-159-070115- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 731 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... WADENA COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. * UNTIL 815 PM CDT. * AT 727 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MENAHGA...OR ABOUT 34 MILES EAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MENAHGA AT 735 PM... HUNTERSVILLE AT 750 PM... BADOURA AT 805 PM AND CHAMBERLAIN AT 810 PM. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4677 9515 4654 9513 4686 9447 4710 9459 $$ 08/84
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jul 6, 6:35 PM CDT, 56 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 6:35 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 635 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 PER LATEST MESSAGE FROM SPC AND LOCAL RADAR...WILL CANCEL TOR WATCH FOR MUCH OF CWFA EXCEPT THE FAR SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES IN ADVANCE OF THE LINE. WILL STILL KEEP HUBBARD...WADENA...OTTERTAIL AND GRANT COUNTIES IN MN IN THE WATCH BUT DROP THE REMAINDER...INCLUDING THE FARGO AREA. RIDDLE
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 7:12 AM CDT, 12 hours 19 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-061400- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 712 AM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE MODERATE RISK WILL BE SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR FORMAN NORTH DAKOTA TO FARGO TO WADENA MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING WINDS AND SOME TORNADOES CAN BE EXPECTED. THE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LIKELY AFTER 3 PM. ELSEWHERE A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED EAST OF A LINE FROM OAKES NORTH DAKOTA TO HALLOCK MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ANYTIME AFTER 1 PM AND SHIFT EAST THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A COLD FRONT IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA WILL EXTEND FROM NORTHEAST MINNESOTA TO SOUTH DAKOTA BY LATE SUNDAY EVENING. WARM MOIST AIR WILL TRANSPORT NORTHWARD IN ADVANCE OF THE FRONT. THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR NEAR THE FRONT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED. HOPPES
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 6, 2:21 PM CDT, 5 hours 10 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
221 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0208 PM 11 S BAUDETTE MN .75 INCH HAIL
07/06/03 LAKE OF THE WOODS REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
DPORTERLocal storm report, Jul 6, 2:41 PM CDT, 4 hours 50 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
241 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0215 PM 10 SE BAUDETTE MN .75 INCH HAIL
07/06/03 LAKE OF THE WOODS REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
DPORTERLocal storm report, Jul 6, 5:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
529 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0511 PM REDBY MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/06/03 BELTRAMILocal storm report, Jul 6, 5:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
548 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0535 PM BAGLEY MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/03 CLEARWATER
0537 PM 6 S SAUM MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/06/03 BELTRAMILocal storm report, Jul 6, 6:22 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
622 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0621 PM 4 N PENNINGTON MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
07/06/03 BELTRAMISpecial weather statement, Jul 6, 6:43 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
MNZ001>003-006-009-015>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ039-049-052-053- 070045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 643 PM CDT SUN JUL 6 2003 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR MUCH OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNITES... IN NORTH DAKOTA... RANSON...SARGENT...RICHLAND...CASS IN MINNESOTA... WILKIN...CLAY...BECKER...POLK...MAHNOMEN...CLEARWATER...BELTRAMI... LAKE OF THE WOODS. REPEATING THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE ABOVE COUNTIES. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...INCLUDING THE COUNTIES OF OTTER TAIL...GRANT...WADENA AND HUBBARD. THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS WEAKENED SLIGHTLY IN THE PAST HOUR AND MOVING EAST OUT OF THE AREA. THUS THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED FOR MUCH OF THE AREA. RIDDLE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 6, 7:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 38 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.