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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 22, 2016, 11:24 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report 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
- May 22, 2016, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 2016, 12:16 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN, Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 82 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 11:45 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 9 Sw Thief River Falls, MN | A FEW TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN IN A SHELTER BELT NEAR CR3...WEST OF ST. HILAIRE. |
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 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 238 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
- 2803 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 104 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
146 WUUS53 KFGF 230424 SVRFGF MNC089-113-119-125-230530- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0002.160523T0424Z-160523T0530Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1124 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... RED LAKE COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... PENNINGTON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 1230 AM CDT * AT 1123 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM VIKING TO NEAR ADA...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. * SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR... THIEF RIVER FALLS AND DAKOTA JUNCTION AROUND 1130 PM CDT. GOODRIDGE AND MAVIE AROUND 1140 PM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4750 9672 4816 9675 4819 9562 4750 9561 TIME...MOT...LOC 0423Z 269DEG 76KT 4823 9640 4733 9640 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ HOPKINS
2 follow-up statements
379 WWUS53 KFGF 230458 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 MNC089-113-119-125-230530- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T0530Z/ RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-MARSHALL MN-PENNINGTON MN- 1158 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR RED LAKE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES... AT 1157 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM JELLE TO ZERKEL...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND PENNY SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...EXPECT DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF RED LAKE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4750 9625 4817 9625 4819 9562 4750 9561 TIME...MOT...LOC 0457Z 269DEG 76KT 4824 9537 4734 9538 HAIL...0.75IN WIND...60MPH $$ HOPKINS
327
WWUS53 KFGF 230516
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1216 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
MNC089-113-119-125-230525-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0002.000000T0000Z-160523T0530Z/
RED LAKE MN-POLK MN-MARSHALL MN-PENNINGTON MN-
1216 AM CDT MON MAY 23 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR RED LAKE...SOUTHEASTERN
POLK...SOUTHEASTERN MARSHALL AND PENNINGTON COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE STORMS WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAVE WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. HOWEVER GUSTY WINDS AND
HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
LAT...LON 4750 9625 4817 9625 4819 9562 4750 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 0513Z 269DEG 76KT 4824 9484 4735 9485
$$
HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 22, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Kittson | 62 min |
| May 22, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Polk | 55 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.