Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2004
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 2004, 10:08 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 52 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 6, 2004, 10:08 PM CDT (03:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 2004, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Counties, with a storm outline in the text
County Benson County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 10:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Maddock, ND | |
| Jun 6, 10:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 7 S Maddock, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
Did it verify
Verified. The Iowa Environmental Mesonet's Cow matched 2 storm reports to this severe thunderstorm warning; the first came 7 minutes after it went out.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 1945 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -123 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1573 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 62 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 129 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 217 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
718 WUUS53 KFGF 070308 SVRFGF NDC005-070400- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 1008 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHERN BENSON COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA * UNTIL 1100 PM CDT. * AT 1002 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MADDOCK...OR ABOUT 41 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... MADDOCK AT 1015 PM... FLORA AT 1025 PM... MINNEWAUKAN AT 1040 PM AND OBERON AT 1045 PM. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4809 9979 4785 9979 4785 9913 4812 9915 $$ HOPPES
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.
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 6:34 AM CDT, 15 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS 634 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-061433- BARNES-BENSON-CASS-CAVALIER-CLAY-EAST BECKER-EAST MARSHALL- EAST OTTER TAIL-EAST POLK-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-GRAND FORKS- GRANT-GRIGGS-HUBBARD-KITTSON-LAKE OF THE WOODS-MAHNOMEN-NELSON- NORMAN-NORTH BELTRAMI-NORTH CLEARWATER-PEMBINA-PENNINGTON-RAMSEY- RANSOM-RED LAKE-RICHLAND-ROSEAU-SARGENT-SOUTH BELTRAMI- SOUTH CLEARWATER-STEELE-TOWNER-TRAILL-WADENA-WEST BECKER- WEST MARSHALL-WEST OTTER TAIL-WEST POLK-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY-WILKIN- 634 AM CDT SUN JUN 6 2004 ...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PARTS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OVERNIGHT... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA DURING THE LATE EVENING AND OVERNIGHT HOURS. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN THREAT. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP OVER WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND SHIFT EAST REACHING THE DEVILS LAKE BASIN DURING THE MID TO LATE EVENING HOURS...THEN ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AFTER MIDNIGHT. THE FAVORED AREA FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ALONG AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM COOPERSTOWN TO MAYVILLE AND BEMIDJI. IN ADDITION LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM THE NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA MONDAY MORNING BEFORE SHIFTING NORTHEAST IN SOUTHERN CANADA. THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP MONDAY AFTERNOON ALONG AND EAST OF A LINE FROM ROSEAU TO DETROIT LAKES AND ELBOW LAKE BEFORE SHIFTING EAST EARLY IN THE EVENING. THE NEXT CHANCE FOR STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED FROM THIS EVENING INTO MONDAY MORNING. VOELKER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 10:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Eddy | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 11:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Towner | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 11:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Nelson, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jun 7, 1:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2004Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2004
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.