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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 5, 2016Grant County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT for Grant County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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: Jul 5, 2016, 1:40 PM CDT (18:40 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2016, 2:23 PM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Grant County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 187 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:39 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
Jul 5, 1:50 PM CDT	HAIL 1	5 Sw Herman, MN	DIME TO QUARTER SIZED HAIL FOR A FEW MINUTES ACROSS FAR SOUTHERN LOGAN TOWNSHIP.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 209 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: 308 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -449 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1721 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -25 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

610 
WUUS53 KFGF 051840
SVRFGF
MNC051-051945-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0065.160705T1840Z-160705T1945Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
140 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 245 PM CDT

* AT 139 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HERMAN...OR
  13 MILES EAST OF WHEATON...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  HERMAN AROUND 150 PM CDT. 
  HOFFMAN AROUND 215 PM CDT. 

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4582 9625 4589 9576 4576 9576 4576 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1839Z 257DEG 32KT 4576 9623 

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

GUST

2 follow-up statements

287 
WWUS53 KFGF 051911
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
211 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC051-051945-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160705T1945Z/
GRANT MN-
211 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 245 PM CDT
FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY...

AT 210 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER HOFFMAN...OR
16 MILES NORTH OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 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 THUNDERSTORM WILL REMAIN OVER MAINLY RURAL AREAS OF
SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4582 9625 4589 9576 4576 9576 4576 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1910Z 257DEG 32KT 4582 9583 

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

GUST

197 
WWUS53 KFGF 051923
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
223 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

MNC051-051933-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0065.000000T0000Z-160705T1945Z/
GRANT MN-
223 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHERN GRANT COUNTY IS
CANCELLED...
        
THE STORM WHICH PROMPTED THE WARNING HAS WEAKENED BELOW SEVERE
LIMITS...AND HAVE EXITED THE WARNED AREA. THEREFORE THE WARNING HAS
BEEN CANCELLED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4582 9625 4589 9576 4576 9576 4576 9626
TIME...MOT...LOC 1921Z 257DEG 32KT 4585 9566 

$$

GUST

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 7:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Roseau	46 min
Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Clay	47 min
Jul 4, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Lake of the Woods	57 min
Jul 4, 9:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	43 min
Jul 4, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	64 min
Jul 5, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Beltrami	41 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.