Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2016
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 26, 2016, 1:05 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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 26, 2016, 1:05 AM CDT (06:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 26, 2016, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 50.0 mph
Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN, Hubbard County, MN
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 26, 1:25 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 2 S Wilton, MN | NUMEROUS DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL COVERED THE GROUND. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 180 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
- 29 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -74 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1176 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 173 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
167 WUUS53 KFGF 260605 SVRFGF MNC007-029-057-260700- /O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0005.160526T0605Z-160526T0700Z/ BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 105 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A * SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR... SOUTH CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEASTERN CLEARWATER COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... NORTHWESTERN HUBBARD COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... * UNTIL 200 AM CDT * AT 105 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER ALIDA...OR 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. * THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR... SOLWAY AROUND 125 AM CDT. BEMIDJI AND WILTON AROUND 130 AM CDT. PINEWOOD AROUND 135 AM CDT. PUPOSKY AROUND 155 AM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF A BUILDING. && LAT...LON 4723 9510 4736 9537 4779 9500 4765 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 0605Z 214DEG 26KT 4739 9520 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JH
2 follow-up statements
536 WWUS53 KFGF 260628 SVSFGF SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND 128 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 MNC007-029-057-260700- /O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160526T0700Z/ BELTRAMI MN-CLEARWATER MN-HUBBARD MN- 128 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BELTRAMI...SOUTHEASTERN CLEARWATER AND NORTHWESTERN HUBBARD COUNTIES... AT 128 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER WILTON...OR 7 MILES WEST OF BEMIDJI...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR... BEMIDJI AROUND 130 AM CDT. TURTLE RIVER AND PUPOSKY AROUND 150 AM CDT. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. THEY WILL SEND YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN GRAND FORKS. && LAT...LON 4723 9510 4736 9537 4779 9500 4765 9469 TIME...MOT...LOC 0628Z 221DEG 27KT 4752 9503 HAIL...1.00IN WIND...<50MPH $$ JH
228
WWUS53 KFGF 260656
SVSFGF
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
156 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
MNC007-029-057-260705-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0005.000000T0000Z-160526T0700Z/
BELTRAMI MN-CLEARWATER MN-HUBBARD MN-
156 AM CDT THU MAY 26 2016
...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTH CENTRAL BELTRAMI...
SOUTHEASTERN CLEARWATER AND NORTHWESTERN HUBBARD COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE
AT 200 AM 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.
LAT...LON 4723 9510 4736 9537 4779 9500 4765 9469
TIME...MOT...LOC 0653Z 214DEG 26KT 4752 9503
$$
JHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 25, 9:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 64 min |
| May 26, 12:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 59 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.