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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 17, 20164 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 2016, 7:04 AM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 41 min. 5 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 17, 2016, 7:04 AM CDT (12:04 UTC)
Expired: Jun 17, 2016, 7:45 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 90.0 mph

Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Steele County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 35 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:05 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
Jun 17, 7:09 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 72.5	1 E Pekin, ND	PREAK WIND MEASURED AT PEKIN NDAWN SITE.
Jun 17, 7:10 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Mcville, ND	TREES DOWN IN MCVILLE/PEKIN AREAS.
Jun 17, 7:11 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 72	1 E Pekin, ND	MEASURED AT PEKIN NDAWN SITE.
Jun 17, 7:23 AM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	Sharon, ND	TREES AND POWER LINES DOWN AROUND TOWN. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.
Jun 17, 7:28 AM CDT	TSTM WND GST 60	1 Ese Logan Center, ND	PEAK WIND MEASURED AT A HOME WEATHER STATION.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 253 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1169 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -128 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 52 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

836 
WUUS53 KFGF 171204
SVRFGF
NDC035-039-063-091-171245-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0032.160617T1204Z-160617T1245Z/

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
704 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTHERN NELSON COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN GRIGGS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHERN STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 745 AM CDT

* AT 704 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MCVILLE...OR
  39 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DEVILS LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

  THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. 

  HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS 
           MAY BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE 
           HOMES WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND 
           BUSINESSES WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. 
           EXPECT EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  MCVILLE AROUND 705 AM CDT. 
  KLOTEN AROUND 710 AM CDT. 
  ANETA AROUND 715 AM CDT. 
  LOGAN CENTER AROUND 720 AM CDT. 
  NORTHWOOD...LARIMORE AND KEMPTON AROUND 730 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4798 9746 4768 9735 4767 9739 4767 9747
      4765 9747 4745 9833 4785 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1204Z 258DEG 62KT 4773 9823 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...90MPH
 
$$

TG

1 follow-up statement

046 
WWUS53 KFGF 171219
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
719 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

NDC035-039-063-091-171245-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0032.000000T0000Z-160617T1245Z/
GRAND FORKS ND-NELSON ND-GRIGGS ND-STEELE ND-
719 AM CDT FRI JUN 17 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS...SOUTHERN NELSON...NORTHEASTERN GRIGGS
AND NORTHERN STEELE COUNTIES...

AT 719 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PETERSBURG TO NEAR
SHARON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

THESE ARE VERY DANGEROUS STORMS.

HAZARD...90 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...YOU ARE IN A LIFE-THREATENING SITUATION. FLYING DEBRIS MAY 
         BE DEADLY TO THOSE CAUGHT WITHOUT SHELTER. MOBILE HOMES 
         WILL BE HEAVILY DAMAGED OR DESTROYED. HOMES AND BUSINESSES 
         WILL HAVE SUBSTANTIAL ROOF AND WINDOW DAMAGE. EXPECT 
         EXTENSIVE TREE DAMAGE AND POWER OUTAGES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  SHARON AROUND 720 AM CDT. 
  LOGAN CENTER AROUND 730 AM CDT. 
  LARIMORE AND KEMPTON AROUND 740 AM CDT. 
  ARVILLA AROUND 745 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.

&&

LAT...LON 4798 9746 4768 9735 4767 9739 4767 9747
      4765 9747 4751 9809 4785 9843
TIME...MOT...LOC 1219Z 261DEG 54KT 4789 9808 4757 9789 

TORNADO...POSSIBLE
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...90MPH
 
$$

TG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 17, 4:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Pembina	65 min
Jun 17, 4:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Cavalier	18 min
Jun 17, 5:56 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Eddy, Ramsey	64 min
Jun 17, 6:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Nelson	36 min
Jun 17, 6:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Barnes, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson	43 min
Jun 17, 6:46 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Nelson, Ramsey, Walsh	59 min
Jun 17, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Nelson, Steele, Traill, Walsh	57 min
Jun 17, 7:53 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh	7 hr
Jun 17, 8:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Pembina, Walsh	60 min
Jun 17, 8:16 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks	74 min
Jun 17, 8:24 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Nelson, Walsh	39 min
Jun 17, 9:03 AM CDT	High Wind Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Nelson, Walsh	110 min
Jun 17, 12:02 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Walsh	4 days
Jun 17, 3:34 PM CDT	River Flood Watch	FGF	Walsh	4 days

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.