Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Grand Forks, ND
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.
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 25, 10:30 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 1 W Mooreton, ND | BROADCAST 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.
- 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
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
$$
DTR2 follow-up statements
730
WWUS53 KFGF 260332
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
MNC167-NDC077-260400-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0004.000000T0000Z-160526T0400Z/
WILKIN MN-RICHLAND ND-
1032 PM CDT WED MAY 25 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT
FOR CENTRAL WILKIN AND CENTRAL RICHLAND COUNTIES...
AT 1032 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR DWIGHT...OR 9
MILES WEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND HALF DOLLAR SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO
ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GALCHUTT AROUND 1035 PM CDT.
DWIGHT AROUND 1040 PM CDT.
WAHPETON...BRECKENRIDGE AND BRUSHVALE AROUND 1050 PM CDT.
ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 15 AND 33.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4606 9723 4623 9726 4628 9726 4628 9727
4629 9727 4651 9653 4623 9637
TIME...MOT...LOC 0332Z 250DEG 26KT 4630 9681
HAIL...1.25IN
WIND...60MPH
$$
DTR649
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
$$
DTRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes, Ransom, Sargent | 63 min |
| May 25, 9:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Sargent | 32 min |
| May 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 59 min |
| May 26, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater, Hubbard | 55 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.