Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2003
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 141, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 2003, 9:19 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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 14, 2003, 9:19 PM CDT (02:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2003, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Grand Forks County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:21 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 nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 273 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
- 2616 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 69 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 81 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS53 KFGF 150219 SVRFGF NDC035-150300- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 919 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. * UNTIL 1000 PM CDT. * AT 911 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GRAFTON TO 36 MILES WEST OF GRAND FORKS... MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LARIMORE AT 920 PM... KEMPTON AT 925 PM... NORTHWOOD AT 930 PM... MANVEL AT 935 PM... GRAND FORKS AT 955 PM. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4818 9787 4770 9787 4769 9695 4817 9717 $$ DONAVON
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 14, 9:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 9:00 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 900 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003 DISCUSSION DELAYED DUE TO SEVERE WEATHER. .FGF...TORNADO WATCH #746 UNTIL 10PM CDT FOR WESTCENTRAL MN. GUST
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 14, 6:31 AM CDT, 14 hours 48 minutes before
MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-141430- HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 631 AM CDT MON JUL 14 2003 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND INTO EARLY EVENING. THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS EXTREME EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA THIS MORNING AND MAINLY OVER NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS WILL PUSH EAST ACROSS THE REGION TODAY EXITING EASTERN AREAS EARLY THIS EVENING. WARM...MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR AHEAD OF THIS AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL INTERACT WITH AN UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE TO PRODUCE THESE STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN EXPECTED ACROSS MAINLY SOUTHERN AREAS WEDNESDAY NIGHT WITH CHANCES CONTINUING ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED TODAY INTO EARLY EVENING. FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FGF/INDEX.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE) VOELKER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 14, 5:13 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
513 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0423 PM 11 E LANGDON ND TORNADO
07/14/03 CAVALIER BRIEF TOUCHDOWN. REPORTED
BY LAW ENFORCEMENT.
0445 PM 6 NW STRANDQUIST MN .75 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 MARSHALL
JHLocal storm report, Jul 14, 6:04 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
604 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0602 PM 5 E EUCLID MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 POLK REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
GJGLocal storm report, Jul 14, 6:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
613 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0606 PM 1.5 E DOROTHY MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 RED LAKE REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
GJGLocal storm report, Jul 14, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
621 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0621 PM RED LAKE FALLS MN 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 RED LAKE REPORTED BY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.
GJGLocal storm report, Jul 14, 8:21 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
821 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0815 AM 8 ENE STARKWEATHER ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 RAMSEY REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
GJGLocal storm report, Jul 14, 8:24 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS, ND
824 PM CDT MON JUL 14 2003
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0816 AM 10 W EDMORE ND 1.00 INCH HAIL
07/14/03 RAMSEY REPORTED BY TRAINED
SPOTTER.
GJGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ramsey | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 8:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 37 min |
| Jul 14, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 44 min |
| Jul 14, 8:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson, Ramsey | 43 min |
| Jul 14, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traill | 56 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.