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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 30, 2016Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT for Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It was in force for 28 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 30, 2016, 4:14 PM CDT (21:14 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2016, 4:42 PM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 50.0 mph

Counties Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 51 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:18 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
May 30, 4:20 PM CDT	HAIL 1	1 E Emerado, ND	ONE MILE STRETCH OF HAIL COVERING HIGHWAY 2 MAKING IT SLIPPERY. ONE CAR IN THE DITCH.

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
May 30, 2:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Watch	SPC	7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.2 hours before the alert went out and 296 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: 23 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -93 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1114 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 118 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 145 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

278 
WUUS53 KFGF 302114
SVRFGF
MNC119-NDC035-302200-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0008.160530T2114Z-160530T2200Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
414 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN GRAND FORKS HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  NORTHWESTERN POLK COUNTY IN NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...
  NORTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

* UNTIL 500 PM CDT

* AT 413 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GRAND FORKS
  AFB...OR 12 MILES WEST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.

  HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

  SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

  IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

* THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND FORKS AND MANVEL AROUND 445 PM CDT. 
  EAST GRAND FORKS AROUND 500 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 153.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4789 9737 4803 9742 4815 9694 4795 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2113Z 258DEG 16KT 4796 9733 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

VG

2 follow-up statements

716 
WWUS53 KFGF 302135
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
435 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

MNC119-NDC035-302200-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160530T2200Z/
POLK MN-GRAND FORKS ND-
435 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK AND NORTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTIES...

AT 434 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR EMERADO...OR 8
MILES WEST OF GRAND FORKS...MOVING EAST AT 10 MPH.

HAZARD...QUARTER SIZE HAIL. 

SOURCE...RADAR INDICATED. 

IMPACT...DAMAGE TO VEHICLES IS EXPECTED. 

THIS SEVERE STORM WILL BE NEAR...
  GRAND FORKS AROUND 500 PM CDT. 

ALSO INCLUDES INTERSTATE 29 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 141 AND 153.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4790 9730 4804 9736 4815 9694 4795 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 254DEG 9KT 4794 9725 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...<50MPH
 
$$

VG

947 
WWUS53 KFGF 302142
SVSFGF

SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
442 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

MNC119-NDC035-302152-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0008.000000T0000Z-160530T2200Z/
POLK MN-GRAND FORKS ND-
442 PM CDT MON MAY 30 2016

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN POLK AND
NORTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTIES IS CANCELLED...
                
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 HAS BEEN CANCELLED.

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

LAT...LON 4790 9730 4804 9736 4815 9694 4795 9689
TIME...MOT...LOC 2141Z 258DEG 16KT 4795 9720 

$$

VG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 30, 9:33 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	FGF	Kittson	71 hr
May 30, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	33 min
May 30, 4:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	31 min
May 30, 5:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	53 min
May 30, 5:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	35 min
May 30, 5:50 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Polk	3 hr
May 30, 6:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	44 min
May 30, 6:19 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Polk	3 hr
May 30, 1:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Eddy	38 min
May 30, 2:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Nelson	59 min
May 30, 2:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	39 min
May 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	47 min
May 30, 3:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Grand Forks	43 min
May 30, 3:31 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	FGF	Grand Forks	3 hr
May 30, 4:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grand Forks	37 min
May 30, 6:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Steele	33 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.