Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2014
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2014, 11:48 AM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota; Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota. It was in force for 42 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
- Jul 4, 2014, 11:48 AM CDT (16:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2014, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.25 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kittson County, MN, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 12 Ene Crystal, ND | QUARTER SIZED HAIL REPORTED ON FACEBOOK FROM INDIVIDUAL IN ST THOMAS...ND |
| Jul 4, 12:05 PM CDT | HAIL 1.5 | 12 Ene Crystal, ND |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 1625 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 60 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
004 WUUS53 KFGF 041648 SVRFGF MNC069-NDC067-099-041730- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0021.140704T1648Z-140704T1730Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1148 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... NORTH CENTRAL WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 1230 PM CDT * AT 1146 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAFTON...AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... ST. THOMAS AROUND NOON CDT. GLASSTON AROUND 1205 PM CDT. DRAYTON AND ROBBIN AROUND 1220 PM CDT. BOWESMONT AROUND 1225 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE MATTSON. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4886 9699 4863 9685 4846 9754 4869 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1648Z 248DEG 28KT 4858 9757 HAIL...1.25IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TG
2 follow-up statements
730 WWUS53 KFGF 041658 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1158 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014 MNC069-NDC067-099-041730- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140704T1730Z/ KITTSON MN-PEMBINA ND-WALSH ND- 1158 AM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL WALSH...SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA AND SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTIES UNTIL 1230 PM CDT... AT 1155 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ST. THOMAS... AND MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... GLASSTON AROUND 1205 PM CDT. DRAYTON AND ROBBIN AROUND 1220 PM CDT. BOWESMONT AROUND 1225 PM CDT. MATTSON AND HALLOCK AROUND 1230 PM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE KENNEDY. FOR MOTORISTS ON INTERSTATE 29...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE BETWEEN...MILE MARKER 192 AROUND 1220 PM CDT...AND MILE MARKER 197 AROUND 1225 PM CDT... PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM...ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4886 9699 4863 9685 4846 9754 4869 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1659Z 248DEG 28KT 4861 9745 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ TG
805 WWUS53 KFGF 041730 RRA SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1230 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014 MNC069-NDC067-099-041740- /O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0021.000000T0000Z-140704T1730Z/ KITTSON MN-PEMBINA ND-WALSH ND- 1230 PM CDT FRI JUL 4 2014 ...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTH CENTRAL WALSH... SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA AND SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSES AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY. LAT...LON 4886 9699 4863 9685 4846 9754 4869 9766 TIME...MOT...LOC 1658Z 248DEG 28KT 4861 9746 $$ SPEICHER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 21 min |
| Jul 4, 11:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Walsh | 27 min |
| Jul 4, 11:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Walsh | 60 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.