Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jun 27, 2003, 7:44 PM CDT (00:44 UTC)

Expired

Jun 27, 2003, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Counties, with a storm outline in the text

Counties Benson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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.

943 
WUUS53 KFGF 280044
SVRFGF
NDC005-071-280130-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
741 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2003

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

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

* UNTIL 830 PM CDT.

* AT 738 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES EAST OF TOKIO...OR ABOUT 14 MILES
  SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

* THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR

  TOKIO AT 745 PM CDT...
  4 MILES SOUTH OF CRARY AT 746 PM CDT AND
  WARICK AT 800 PM.

  PERSONS IN THE CHURCHS FERRY AND LEEDS AREAS ALSO SHOULD ON ALERT  
  AS ANOTHER STORM IS ENTERING FROM TOWNER COUNTY.

  SOUTHEASTERN BENSON COUNTY AND
  SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY.

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

LAT...LON 4807 9874 4787 9892 4786 9854 4800 9854

$$

DONAVON

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 27, 7:15 PM CDT, 29 minutes earlier.

FORECAST DISCUSSION FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
715 PM CDT FRI JUN 27 2003

.FORECAST DETAILS...
WILL KEEP IT BRIEF WITH POCKETS OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS THE CWFA
THIS EVENING. SHORTWAVE TROUGH/ASSOCIATED FAVORABLE LEFT EXIT
REGION OF 100KT 250MB JET MAX PUNCHING SOUTHEAST THROUGH DAKOTAS
ATTM. EXPECT SURFACE TROUGH CURRENTLY OVER CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
TO PUNCH EAST AND SHIFT MAIN CONVECTIVE FOCUS INTO MY  MINNESOTA
COUNTIES LATER THIS EVENING. INHERITED FORECAST PRETTY MUCH HAS
CURRENT CONVECTIVE TRENDS IN ORDER...THUS NO MAJOR REVISIONS
PLANNED AT THE MOMENT.

.FGF...NONE
BERG

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-271300-

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
605 AM CDT FRI JUN 27 2003

...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS ACROSS EASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT...

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER EXISTS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS ARE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IN
ADDITION...THERE IS THE POTENTIAL FOR ISOLATED TORNADOS. THE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA THIS
AFTERNOON...TRACK INTO EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA BY LATE AFTERNOON...AND
THEN MOVE INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

A STRONG UPPER LEVEL DISTURBANCE IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN AREA OF LOW
PRESSURE AND ITS ASSOCIATED FRONTAL BOUNDARY WILL MOVE THROUGH THE
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT...PROVIDING THE FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORM
DEVELOPMENT...SOME OF WHICH COULD BE SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS IN ALL BUT SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA ON SATURDAY...AND FOR THE WHOLE AREA FROM TUESDAY AFTERNOON
THROUGH WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NECESSARY THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT.

FOR ADDITIONAL WEATHER INFORMATION, CHECK OUR WEB SITE AT
HTTP://WWW.CRH.NOAA.GOV/FGF/INDEX.HTML (ALL LOWER CASE)

NG

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2003Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2003

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