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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 25, 2016Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 25, 2016, 9:56 PM CDT for Richland County, North Dakota; Wilkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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 25, 2016, 9:56 PM CDT (02:56 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2016, 11:00 PM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:57 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
May 25, 10:30 PM CDTHAIL 11 W Mooreton, NDBROADCAST METEOROLOGIST REPORT.

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

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-05-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 643 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-05-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
643 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1685 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-32 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

040 
WUUS53 KFGF 260256
SVRFGF
MNC167-NDC077-260400-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0004.160526T0256Z-160526T0400Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
956 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  CENTRAL WILKIN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 1100 PM CDT

* AT 955 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WYNDMERE...OR
  27 MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  WYNDMERE AROUND 1000 PM CDT. 
  MANTADOR AROUND 1010 PM CDT. 
  BARNEY AROUND 1015 PM CDT. 
  MOORETON AROUND 1025 PM CDT. 
  GALCHUTT AROUND 1035 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4606 9723 4623 9726 4628 9726 4628 9727
      4629 9727 4651 9653 4623 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0255Z 250DEG 26KT 4621 9718 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DTR
2 follow-up statements
730 
WWUS53 KFGF 260332
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

MNC167-NDC077-260400-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160526T0400Z/
WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WILKIN AND CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...

AT 1032 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...OR 9
MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GALCHUTT AROUND 1035 PM CDT. 
  DWIGHT AROUND 1040 PM CDT. 
  WAHPETON...BRECKENRIDGE AND BRUSHVALE AROUND 1050 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 33.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4606 9723 4623 9726 4628 9726 4628 9727
      4629 9727 4651 9653 4623 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 250DEG 26KT 4630 9681 

HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

DTR
649 
WWUS53 KFGF 260353
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1053 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

MNC167-NDC077-260402-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160526T0400Z/
WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-
1053 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR CENTRAL WILKIN AND CENTRAL
RICHLAND COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 1100 PM CDT...
                
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND NO LONGER POSE AN IMMEDIATE THREAT TO LIFE OR PROPERTY.
THEREFORE THE WARNING WILL BE ALLOWED TO EXPIRE.

AT 1030 PM...1 INCH HAIL WAS OBSERVED 1 MILE WEST OF MOORETON.  

LAT...LON 4606 9723 4623 9726 4628 9726 4628 9727
      4629 9727 4651 9653 4623 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0350Z 250DEG 26KT 4630 9681 

$$

DTR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 25, 9:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBarnes, Ransom, Sargent63 min
May 25, 9:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFSargent32 min
May 26, 12:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBecker59 min
May 26, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard55 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2016Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2016Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2016

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.