Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 4:58 AM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. 4 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 19, 2016, 4:58 AM CDT (09:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Ramsey County, ND, Walsh County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 109 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:00 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:00 AM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Lankin, ND | DIME SIZE HAIL. |
| Jun 19, 5:10 AM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | 5 E Park River, ND | VERY HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS NICKLE TO HALF DOLLAR SIZED HAIL. |
| Jun 19, 5:15 AM CDT | HAIL 0.25 | 10 W Grafton, ND | PEA SIZE HAIL WITH 1.30 INCHES RAIN. |
| Jun 19, 5:55 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 Sw Argyle, MN | DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 301 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
- 2534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 46 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 301 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
068 WUUS53 KFGF 190958 SVRFGF MNC069-089-NDC019-067-071-099-191100- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0045.160619T0958Z-160619T1100Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 458 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHERN PEMBINA COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... WALSH COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... SOUTHEASTERN CAVALIER COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... * UNTIL 600 AM CDT * AT 458 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR ADAMS...OR 26 MILES WEST OF GRAFTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... LANKIN AROUND 500 AM CDT. EDINBURG AROUND 505 AM CDT. PARK RIVER AND PISEK AROUND 510 AM CDT. MANDT AND VESELEYVILLE AROUND 515 AM CDT. NASH AROUND 520 AM CDT. ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 197. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4876 9677 4818 9674 4820 9830 4864 9837 TIME...MOT...LOC 0958Z 265DEG 52KT 4839 9798 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JR
2 follow-up statements
219
WWUS53 KFGF 191017
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
517 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
NDC019-071-191026-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160619T1100Z/
RAMSEY ND-CAVALIER ND-
517 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY AND
SOUTHEASTERN CAVALIER COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA.
LAT...LON 4876 9677 4818 9674 4820 9789 4867 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1016Z 265DEG 52KT 4841 9757
$$
MNC069-089-NDC067-099-191100-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160619T1100Z/
KITTSON MN-MARSHALL MN-PEMBINA ND-WALSH ND-
517 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON...WESTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHERN PEMBINA AND
WALSH COUNTIES...
AT 516 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER MANDT...OR 7
MILES WEST OF GRAFTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.
HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
GRAFTON AND AUBURN AROUND 525 AM CDT.
OAKWOOD AND CASHEL AROUND 530 AM CDT.
HERRICK AROUND 535 AM CDT.
STEPHEN AROUND 550 AM CDT.
ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 197.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4876 9677 4818 9674 4820 9789 4867 9791
TIME...MOT...LOC 1016Z 265DEG 52KT 4841 9757
HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
JR591 WWUS53 KFGF 191038 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 538 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 MNC069-089-NDC067-099-191100- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0045.000000T0000Z-160619T1100Z/ KITTSON MN-MARSHALL MN-PEMBINA ND-WALSH ND- 538 AM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM CDT FOR SOUTHWESTERN KITTSON...WESTERN MARSHALL...SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA AND EASTERN WALSH COUNTIES... AT 538 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HERRICK...OR 14 MILES EAST OF GRAFTON...MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... STEPHEN AROUND 550 AM CDT. ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 161 AND 197. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4876 9677 4818 9674 4820 9745 4870 9747 TIME...MOT...LOC 1038Z 265DEG 52KT 4844 9708 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 4:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 5:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall, Roseau | 63 min |
| Jun 19, 6:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Roseau | 55 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau | 53 min |
| Jun 19, 7:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 61 min |
| Jun 19, 7:53 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 52 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Roseau | 54 min |
| Jun 19, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail, Wadena | 67 min |
| Jun 19, 5:59 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Wadena | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 6:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Roseau | 44 min |
| Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 38 min |
| Jun 19, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 31 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.