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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT for Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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 7, 2008, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 2008, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
Counties Kittson County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 168 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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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 7, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | 3 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 870 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 37 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 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 072331 SVRFGF MNC069-135-080030- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0124.080707T2330Z-080708T0030Z/ BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 630 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... EASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... THIS INCLUDES THE CITY OF ROSEAU... * UNTIL 730 PM CDT * AT 627 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WIND AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF CARIBOU TO 6 MILES EAST OF KENNEDY...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... KARLSTAD...CARIBOU AND HALMA AT 640 PM CDT... LEO AT 650 PM CDT... GREENBUSH...PINECREEK AND HAUG AT 700 PM CDT... ROSS...FOX AND BADGER AT 710 PM CDT... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. LAT...LON 4855 9550 4854 9667 4901 9665 4900 9549 TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 272DEG 39KT 4904 9648 4863 9672 $$ PJS/PR
3 follow-up statements
000 WWUS53 KFGF 072348 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 647 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNC069-135-080030- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-080708T0030Z/ KITTSON MN-ROSEAU MN- 647 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR EASTERN KITTSON AND ROSEAU COUNTIES... AT 645 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING 60 MPH WIND AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES EAST OF CARIBOU TO 3 MILES NORTH OF KARLSTAD...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... LEO AND HAUG BY 655 PM CDT... GREENBUSH BY 700 PM CDT... STRATHCONA...PINECREEK AND BADGER BY 705 PM CDT... ROSS...FOX AND BADGER BY 710 PM CDT... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4855 9550 4854 9667 4901 9665 4900 9549 TIME...MOT...LOC 2347Z 272DEG 39KT 4902 9621 4861 9646 $$ PJS/PR
000 WWUS53 KFGF 080002 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 701 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNC069-080011- /O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-080708T0030Z/ KITTSON MN- 701 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IS CANCELLED... AT 701 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED OUT OF THE WARNED AREA IN EASTERN KITTSON COUNTY. SO THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4900 9549 4855 9550 4855 9638 4901 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 272DEG 39KT 4900 9598 4859 9624 $$ MNC135-080030- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-080708T0030Z/ ROSEAU MN- 701 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR ROSEAU COUNTY... AT 659 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING PENNY SIZE HAIL... AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTHWEST OF PINECREEK TO 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF STRATHCONA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... ROSS AND FOX BY 710 PM CDT... ROSEAU BY 720 PM CDT... WANNASKA AND MALUNG BY 725 PM CDT... SALOL...TORFIN...PENCER AND CASPERSON BY 730 PM CDT... REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4900 9549 4855 9550 4855 9638 4901 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 0001Z 272DEG 39KT 4900 9598 4859 9624 $$ SPEICHER
000 WWUS53 KFGF 080020 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 720 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNC135-080030- /O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0124.000000T0000Z-080708T0030Z/ ROSEAU MN- 720 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ROSEAU COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT... AT 718 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THE LEADING EDGE OF THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF ROSEAU TO 9 MILES EAST OF STRATHCONA...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE WEAKENED AND WERE NO LONGER CONSIDERED SEVERE. SO THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 730 PM CDT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT MONDAY EVENING FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. LAT...LON 4900 9549 4855 9550 4855 9638 4901 9637 TIME...MOT...LOC 0020Z 272DEG 39KT 4898 9568 4857 9595 $$ PJS/PR
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 7, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 3:51 PM CDT, 2 hours 39 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 351 PM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 .DISCUSSION... MAIN FORECAST CHALLENGE IS PRECIPITATION. WHEN LOOKING AT THE LATEST SURFACE ANALYSIS...AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE EXTENDS THROUGH CENTRAL ND INTO NE SD ALONG A MOT TO BWP LINE. KMVX HAS TWO AREAS OF TSRA...ONE MOVING INTO DVL AREA AND ANOTHER IN NW AND WC MN. WHEN COMPARING THE MODELS...THE MODELS HAVE SIMILAR TIMING...BUT DIFFER ON LOCATION AND TRACK OF SURFACE LOW. CONTINUED TO USE ADJMAVBC FOR TEMPS AND NAM FOR POPS. WITH MULTIPLE SVR WARNINGS ALREADY ISSUED TODAY...NO CAP...UP TO 1500 MLCAPE AND GOOD BOUNDARIES FOR STORMS TO DEVELOP ON...EXPECT STORMS TO CONTINUE INTO THIS EVENING. THUS...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MOST OF E ND AND PARTS OF W AND WC MN UNTIL 9 PM. NEED TO FOREGO REST OF DISCUSSION DUE TO SVR WX PRIORITIES. && .AVIATION... IFR/MVFR CIGS AND VSBYS ASSOCIATED WITH EARLIER CONVECTION HAVE BEEN SLOWLY ABLE TO LIFT INTO VFR THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER... ADDITIONAL CONVECTION ON COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO DROP CIGS TO MVFR AGAIN WHEN PASS OVER TAF LOCATIONS. OTHERWISE...WINDS TO TURN FROM NE TO NW AS THE EVENING PROGRESSES. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...NONE. MN...NONE. && NG/HOPKINS
Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 6:44 AM CDT, 11 hours 46 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND 644 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-081145- WEST POLK-NORMAN-CLAY-KITTSON-ROSEAU-LAKE OF THE WOODS- WEST MARSHALL-EAST MARSHALL-NORTH BELTRAMI-PENNINGTON-RED LAKE- EAST POLK-NORTH CLEARWATER-SOUTH BELTRAMI-MAHNOMEN- SOUTH CLEARWATER-HUBBARD-WEST BECKER-EAST BECKER-WILKIN- WEST OTTER TAIL-EAST OTTER TAIL-WADENA-GRANT-TOWNER-CAVALIER- PEMBINA-BENSON-RAMSEY-EASTERN WALSH COUNTY-EDDY-NELSON- GRAND FORKS-GRIGGS-STEELE-TRAILL-BARNES-CASS-RANSOM-SARGENT- RICHLAND-WESTERN WALSH COUNTY- 644 AM CDT MON JUL 7 2008 ...SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE REGION THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO SPREAD EAST ACROSS THE RED RIVER VALLEY INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO REMAIN BELOW SEVERE LIMITS. THIS AFTERNOON MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING COLD FRONT OVER THE CENTRAL DAKOTAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE AS THEY MOVE INTO WESTERN PARTS OF THE REGION LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO EARLY EVENING. THE FAVORED LOCATION FOR STRONG STORMS WILL BE WEST OF A LINE FROM LANGDON TO VALLEY CITY WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS THE PRIMARY HAZARDS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY PERIODIC CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN TO THE REGION OVER THE SECOND HALF OF THE WORK WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED. VOELKER
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 7, 5:34 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
534 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM TORNADO 4 N FINLEY 47.57N 97.84W
07/07/2008 STEELE ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
AHOMANNLocal storm report, Jul 7, 5:38 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
538 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0535 PM FUNNEL CLOUD PARK RIVER 48.39N 97.74W
07/07/2008 WALSH ND TRAINED SPOTTER
SPOTTER WEST OF PARK RIVER LOOKING TO THE
NORTHWEST...TOWARDS OSNABROCK...SEEING FUNNEL CLOUD.
&&
AHOMANNLocal storm report, Jul 7, 5:42 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
542 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0530 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 4 N FINLEY 47.57N 97.84W
07/07/2008 STEELE ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
&&
MEWENSLocal storm report, Jul 7, 5:46 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
546 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0529 PM FUNNEL CLOUD 10 E LANGDON 48.76N 98.15W
07/07/2008 CAVALIER ND PUBLIC
ESTIMATED 10 MILES EAST OF LANGDON...STANDING ON TOP OF A
HILL.
0543 PM HAIL GOLDEN LAKE 47.58N 97.64W
07/07/2008 E1.00 INCH STEELE ND LAW ENFORCEMENT
RELAYED BY SHERIFF IN GOLDEN LAKE.
&&
AHOMANNLocal storm report, Jul 7, 5:59 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
559 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0553 PM HAIL MOUNTAIN 48.68N 97.86W
07/07/2008 E0.88 INCH PEMBINA ND FIRE DEPT/RESCUE
NICKEL SIZED HAIL FELL FOR 5 MINUTES WITH HEAVY RAIN.
&&
AHOMANNLocal storm report, Jul 7, 6:16 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
616 PM CDT MON JUL 07 2008
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0610 PM HAIL 3 SE MAYVILLE 47.47N 97.28W
07/07/2008 E0.88 INCH TRAILL ND NWS EMPLOYEE
&&
AHOMANNThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay | 26 min |
| Jul 7, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 34 min |
| Jul 7, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant, Otter Tail | 45 min |
| Jul 7, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 60 min |
| Jul 7, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Norman | 28 min |
| Jul 7, 6:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 64 min |
| Jul 7, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Norman | 56 min |
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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.