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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 3, 2005Barnes County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 3, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT for Barnes County, North Dakota. It was in force for 67 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
Jun 3, 2005, 4:08 PM CDT (21:08 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2005, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Barnes County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 3, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 202 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 41 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2005-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 27 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
41 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-134 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1084 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
57 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
27 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS53 KFGF 032109
SVRFGF
NDC003-032215-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0049.050603T2108Z-050603T2215Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
408 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...

  NORTH CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA

* UNTIL 515 PM CDT.

* AT 402 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
  LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE
  HAIL...AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THESE STORMS
  WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
  SIBLEY TO 2 MILES NORTHWEST OF BALD HILL DAM...MOVING TO THE
  NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SIBLEY AT 415 PM

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

LAT...LON 4723 9815 4697 9823 4698 9800 4724 9790

$$

DK/JDS
2 follow-up statements
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 032130
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
429 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

NDC003-032215-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050603T2215Z/
BARNES ND-
429 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING CONTINUES UNTIL 515 PM CDT FOR NORTH
CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY...

AT 423 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING NICKEL SIZE HAIL...AND
DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH.  THE STORM WAS LOCATED 2 MILES
SOUTH OF SIBLEY...OR 18 MILES NORTH OF VALLEY CITY...MOVING TO THE
NORTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  SIBLEY AT 435 PM CDT...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4724 9811 4710 9821 4707 9802 4724 9782

$$

DK/JDS
000 
WWUS53 KFGF 032213
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS
513 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

NDC003-032223-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-050603T2215Z/
BARNES ND-
513 PM CDT FRI JUN 3 2005

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL BARNES COUNTY
EXPIRED AT 515 PM CDT...

DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE STORM WAS NO LONGER SEVERE AND THE
WARNING WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 515 PM CDT.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FRIDAY EVENING FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4724 9811 4710 9821 4707 9802 4724 9782

$$

DK/JDS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 5:53 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFBarnes, Steele11 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2005Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2005

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.