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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 163, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 19, 2019Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 2019, 11:04 PM CDT for Benson County, Ramsey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 19, 2019, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 20, 2019, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Benson County, ND, Ramsey County, ND

The radar

The Minot AFB radar (KMBX), 137 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Grand Forks, ND wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Aug 19, 9:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 9:59 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 20, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman53 min
Aug 20, 3:43 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFNorman, Polk18 min
Aug 20, 4:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Norman23 min
Aug 20, 4:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clay, Clearwater, Mahnomen, Norman65 min
Aug 20, 4:30 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFLake of the Woods30 min
Aug 20, 5:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBecker14 min
Aug 20, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBecker, Clearwater, Hubbard, Mahnomen, Otter Tail, Wadena62 min
Aug 20, 5:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBeltrami, Clearwater47 min
Aug 20, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wadena36 min
Aug 20, 12:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Ramsey45 min
Aug 20, 12:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Nelson, Ramsey61 min
Aug 20, 2:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrand Forks58 min
Aug 20, 2:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFNelson51 min
Aug 20, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Steele, Traill66 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2019Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2019

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.