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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 25, 2016Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 2016, 2:37 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 25, 2016, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
Expired: Jun 25, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
In force: 53 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 214 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:40 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.

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 114 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1960 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 76 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

072 
WUUS53 KFGF 250737
SVRFGF
MNC007-077-250830-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0053.160625T0737Z-160625T0830Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
237 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHEASTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
  NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 330 AM CDT

* AT 236 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER
  THORHULT...OR 40 MILES EAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...MOVING
  NORTHEAST AT 55 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...
  OAKS CORNER AROUND 300 AM CDT. 
  CARP AROUND 315 AM CDT. 
  BAUDETTE AND CLEMENTSON AROUND 330 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4803 9538 4825 9559 4879 9470 4874 9464
      4872 9459 4869 9445 4870 9443 4859 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 229DEG 47KT 4821 9530 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DTR

2 follow-up statements

058 
WWUS53 KFGF 250801
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
301 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

MNC007-077-250830-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160625T0830Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-BELTRAMI MN-
301 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 330 AM CDT
FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS AND NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI
COUNTIES...

AT 301 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER OAKS
CORNER...OR 46 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ROSEAU...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55
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...
  CARP AROUND 315 AM CDT. 
  PITT AROUND 325 AM CDT. 
  BAUDETTE AND CLEMENTSON AROUND 330 AM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4808 9532 4833 9546 4879 9470 4874 9464
      4872 9459 4869 9445 4870 9443 4859 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0801Z 227DEG 47KT 4844 9494 

HAIL...1.50IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

DTR

315 
WWUS53 KFGF 250824
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
324 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

MNC007-077-250834-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0053.000000T0000Z-160625T0830Z/
LAKE OF THE WOODS MN-BELTRAMI MN-
324 AM CDT SAT JUN 25 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHEASTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS
AND NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTIES WILL EXPIRE AT 330 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.

THE WARNING JUST ISSUED FOR PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT.  

LAT...LON 4808 9532 4833 9546 4879 9470 4874 9464
      4872 9459 4869 9445 4870 9443 4859 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 0823Z 229DEG 47KT 4844 9494 

$$

DTR

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 25, 1:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau	55 min
Jun 25, 3:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami	45 min
Jun 25, 3:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods	32 min
Jun 25, 4:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Kittson	66 min
Jun 25, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	55 min
Jun 25, 3:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	57 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.