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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 2016, 5:36 PM CDT for Kittson County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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
- Jun 19, 2016, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 2016, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.5 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Kittson County, MN, Roseau County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 175 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:37 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 19, 5:45 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 6 S Caribou, MN |
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 19, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 6 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 219 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
- 548 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -126 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1137 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 205 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted.
070
WUUS53 KFGF 192236
SVRFGF
MNC069-135-192330-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0049.160619T2236Z-160619T2330Z/
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
536 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
NORTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
* UNTIL 630 PM CDT
* AT 536 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 9 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LAKE BRONSON...OR 37 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT
DAMAGE TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
CARIBOU AROUND 600 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4899 9586 4873 9660 4888 9675 4900 9651
4900 9587
TIME...MOT...LOC 2236Z 236DEG 23KT 4885 9658
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
HOPKINS1 follow-up statement
906
WWUS53 KFGF 192254
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
MNC069-192304-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160619T2330Z/
KITTSON MN-
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHEASTERN KITTSON COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS MOVED OUT OF
THE WARNED AREA...THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR
NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4880 9639 4900 9639 4900 9587 4899 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 234DEG 31KT 4893 9624
$$
MNC135-192330-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0049.000000T0000Z-160619T2330Z/
ROSEAU MN-
554 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 630 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY...
AT 554 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 8 MILES NORTH OF
HAUG...OR 22 MILES WEST OF ROSEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HAZARD...PING PONG BALL SIZE HAIL.
SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED.
IMPACT...PEOPLE AND ANIMALS OUTDOORS WILL BE INJURED. EXPECT DAMAGE
TO ROOFS...SIDING...WINDOWS...AND VEHICLES.
THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
PINECREEK AROUND 615 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A
BUILDING.
&&
LAT...LON 4880 9639 4900 9639 4900 9587 4899 9586
TIME...MOT...LOC 2254Z 234DEG 31KT 4893 9624
HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
$$
HOPKINSThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson, Marshall | 62 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, 5:38 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 |
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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.