Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 2017

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 7, 2017Walsh County, North Dakota; Marshall County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2017, 2:39 PM CDT for Walsh County, North Dakota; Marshall County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 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 7, 2017, 2:39 PM CDT (19:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2017, 2:59 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Tornado
Possible
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
50.0 mph

Counties Marshall County, MN, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 91 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:39 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 2:11 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC4 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 276 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-06-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 77 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
2122 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
77 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

575 
WUUS53 KFGF 071939
SVRFGF
MNC089-NDC099-072045-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0009.170607T1939Z-170607T2045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
239 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Southwestern Marshall County in northwestern Minnesota...
  East central Walsh County in northeastern North Dakota...

* Until 345 PM CDT.

* At 238 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Big Woods, or
  17 miles southeast of Grafton, moving northeast at 30 mph.

  HAZARD...Quarter size hail. 

  SOURCE...Radar indicated. 

  IMPACT...Damage to vehicles is expected. 

* this severe thunderstorm will remain over mainly rural areas of
  southwestern Marshall and east central Walsh Counties.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 167 and 174.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Remain alert for a possible tornado! Tornadoes can develop quickly
from severe thunderstorms. If you spot a tornado go at once into the
basement or small central room in a sturdy structure.

For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.

&&

A tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for northwestern
Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4821 9700 4829 9723 4852 9714 4838 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 1938Z 214DEG 25KT 4830 9707 

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

Gust
1 follow-up statement
965 
WWUS53 KFGF 071959
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
259 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017

MNC089-NDC099-072009-
/O.CAN.KFGF.SV.W.0009.000000T0000Z-170607T2045Z/
Marshall MN-Walsh ND-
259 PM CDT WED JUN 7 2017

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SOUTHWESTERN MARSHALL AND EAST
CENTRAL WALSH 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 tornado watch remains in effect until 600 PM CDT for northwestern
Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4821 9700 4829 9723 4852 9714 4838 9673
TIME...MOT...LOC 1957Z 214DEG 25KT 4842 9695 

$$

Gust

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWalsh57 min
Jun 7, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWalsh61 min
Jun 7, 1:02 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFGrand Forks43 min
Jun 7, 1:05 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedFGFGrand Forks, Traill25 min
Jun 7, 1:11 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks49 min
Jun 7, 1:29 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Traill46 min
Jun 7, 1:44 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks30 min
Jun 7, 1:56 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks35 min
Jun 7, 1:58 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh47 min
Jun 7, 2:13 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFGrand Forks, Traill47 min
Jun 7, 2:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPolk63 min
Jun 7, 3:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake64 min
Jun 7, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFClearwater32 min
Jun 7, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFClearwater23 min
Jun 7, 6:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFClearwater60 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2017Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 2017Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2017

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.