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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 4, 20165 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 2016, 7:28 PM CDT for 5 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 47 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: Jul 4, 2016, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired: Jul 4, 2016, 8:15 PM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND, Ransom County, ND, Richland County, ND, Steele County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:29 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
Jul 4, 7:30 PM CDT	TSTM WND GST 56	6 N Buffalo, ND	PEAK WIND MEASURED BY THE NDDOT RWIS STATION NEAR HWY 38.
Jul 4, 7:55 PM CDT	HAIL 1.25	4 Wsw Wheatland, ND
Jul 4, 8:05 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	1 N Casselton, ND	LARGE TREE BRANCHES AND LIMBS WERE BROKEN DOWN ACROSS THE NORTHERN PART OF CASSELTON. ALSO DIME TO NICKEL SIZED HAIL OCCURRED.
Jul 4, 8:07 PM CDT	TSTM WND DMG	5 W Durbin, ND	WINDS BLEW DOWN SEVERAL TREES IN FARM SHELTER BELTS THROUGH THE BUFFALO CREEK DRAINAGE.

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
Jul 4, 3:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 222 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: 783 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -18 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 2677 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 100 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 2.0

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The text

As transmitted.

362 
WUUS53 KFGF 050028
SVRFGF
NDC003-017-073-077-091-050115-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0063.160705T0028Z-160705T0115Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
728 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  EASTERN RANSOM COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN BARNES COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  SOUTH CENTRAL STEELE COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...
  CASS COUNTY IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 815 PM CDT

* AT 727 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
  EXTENDING FROM NEAR AMENIA TO NEAR BUFFALO TO 7 MILES NORTH OF
  KATHRYN...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

  HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE 
           TO ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  ALICE AROUND 730 PM CDT. 
  EMBDEN AND WHEATLAND AROUND 735 PM CDT. 
  CHAFFEE AND NOME AROUND 740 PM CDT. 
  LUCCA AROUND 745 PM CDT. 
  LEONARD AND DURBIN AROUND 750 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 51.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 286 AND 337.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4709 9837 4719 9789 4736 9767 4665 9679
      4663 9680 4663 9679 4660 9677 4659 9676
      4654 9674 4653 9675 4651 9673 4649 9674
      4646 9671 4645 9672 4644 9672 4632 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0027Z 300DEG 46KT 4703 9717 4686 9753 4679 9799 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JM/JH

2 follow-up statements

246 
WWUS53 KFGF 050048
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
748 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

NDC003-017-073-077-091-050115-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160705T0115Z/
RICHLAND ND-RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-STEELE ND-CASS ND-
748 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND...EASTERN RANSOM...NORTHEASTERN BARNES...SOUTH
CENTRAL STEELE AND CASS COUNTIES...

AT 747 PM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR MAPLETON TO NEAR EMBDEN TO NEAR NOME...MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...HAIL DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. EXPECT WIND DAMAGE TO 
         ROOFS...SIDING...AND TREES. 

THESE SEVERE STORMS WILL BE NEAR...
  CASSELTON...CHAFFEE AND DURBIN AROUND 750 PM CDT. 
  LEONARD AND ENDERLIN AROUND 805 PM CDT. 
  SHELDON...KINDRED AND WALCOTT AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 51.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 286 AND 337.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4709 9837 4719 9789 4736 9767 4665 9679
      4663 9680 4663 9679 4660 9677 4659 9676
      4654 9674 4653 9675 4651 9673 4649 9674
      4646 9671 4645 9672 4644 9672 4632 9745
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 302DEG 37KT 4690 9712 4674 9745 4669 9788 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JM/JH

842 
WWUS53 KFGF 050101
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
801 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

NDC003-073-091-050110-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160705T0115Z/
RANSOM ND-BARNES ND-STEELE ND-
801 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN RANSOM...NORTHEASTERN
BARNES AND SOUTH CENTRAL STEELE COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
    
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING MOVED OUT OF THE
WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...AND SOUTHEASTERN NORTH
DAKOTA.

LAT...LON 4663 9728 4663 9737 4688 9751 4706 9730
      4665 9679 4663 9680 4659 9676 4654 9674
      4653 9675 4651 9673 4649 9674 4646 9671
      4644 9672 4635 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 288DEG 38KT 4687 9732 

$$

NDC017-077-050115-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0063.000000T0000Z-160705T0115Z/
RICHLAND ND-CASS ND-
801 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815 PM CDT
FOR NORTHERN RICHLAND AND SOUTHERN CASS COUNTIES...

AT 800 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR WHEATLAND...OR
23 MILES WEST OF FARGO...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

HAZARD...60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER 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...
  CASSELTON AROUND 805 PM CDT. 
  DAVENPORT AND DURBIN AROUND 815 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 34 AND 51.
 INTERSTATE 94 IN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 318 AND 337.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4663 9728 4663 9737 4688 9751 4706 9730
      4665 9679 4663 9680 4659 9676 4654 9674
      4653 9675 4651 9673 4649 9674 4646 9671
      4644 9672 4635 9728
TIME...MOT...LOC 0100Z 288DEG 38KT 4687 9732 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

JM/JH

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks, Traill	22 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Cass	47 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.