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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 2019, 5:16 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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
- Jun 4, 2019, 5:16 PM CDT (22:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 2019, 5:53 PM CDT
- In force
- 37 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 404 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1070 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 154 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 174 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 4, 3:10 PM CDT, 2 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 1033 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ008-016-027-030-039-053- 051545- West Polk-Norman-Clay-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods- West Marshall-East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake- East Polk-North Clearwater-South Beltrami-Mahnomen- South Clearwater-Hubbard-West Becker-East Becker-Wilkin- West Otter Tail-East Otter Tail-Wadena-Grant-Pembina- Eastern Walsh County-Grand Forks-Traill-Cass-Richland- 1033 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are possible mid afternoon thru the evening. Hail to 1.75 inches and wind gusts to 65 mph are the main threat. Low pressure will be near the Manitoba and Minnesota border at mid afternoon with a cold front southwest from there. Thunderstorms are expected to become more numerous near the low and front as it moves east thru northwestern and west central Minnesota in the 3 pm to 9 pm time period. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Next significant chance for thunderstorms will come Saturday night into Sunday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be necessary Tues afternoon. NDZ006-007-014-015-024-026-028-029-038-049-052-054-051545- Towner-Cavalier-Benson-Ramsey-Eddy-Nelson-Griggs-Steele-Barnes- Ransom-Sargent-Western Walsh County- 1033 AM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight Isolated non-severe thunderstorms are possible thru the early afternoon. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Next significant chance for thunderstorms will come Saturday afternoon into Saturday night. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 1:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 53 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Eastern ND/Grand Forks ND
513 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019
MNZ001-007-NDZ016-042300-
West Polk MN-West Marshall MN-Eastern Walsh County ND-
513 PM CDT Tue Jun 4 2019
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR WESTERN MARSHALL...NORTH CENTRAL
POLK AND NORTHEASTERN WALSH COUNTIES UNTIL 600 PM CDT...
At 512 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near
Big Woods, or 11 miles east of Grafton, moving east at 40 mph.
Nickel size hail and wind gusts up to 50 mph will be possible with
this storm.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Big Woods around 520 PM CDT.
Stephen around 530 PM CDT.
Argyle around 535 PM CDT.
Warren around 545 PM CDT.
Radium and Old Mill State Park around 555 PM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They will relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in Grand Forks.
&&
LAT...LON 4846 9639 4806 9660 4825 9726 4836 9739
4854 9731 4854 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 2212Z 287DEG 33KT 4839 9714
BPLocal storm report, Jun 4, 5:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN ND/GRAND FORKS ND
516 PM CDT TUE JUN 4 2019
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0457 PM HAIL PARK RIVER 48.39N 97.74W
06/04/2019 E0.88 INCH WALSH ND PUBLIC
ESTIMATED SIZE VIA SOCIAL MEDIA
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NCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grant | 31 min |
| Jun 4, 11:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grant | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 11:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 35 min |
| Jun 4, 1:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Otter Tail | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 2:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Otter Tail | 54 min |
| Jun 4, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 42 min |
| Jun 4, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Lake of the Woods | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 4:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 65 min |
| Jun 4, 5:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Marshall | 47 min |
| Jun 4, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Clay | 38 min |
| Jun 4, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake | 43 min |
| Jun 4, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker | 28 min |
| Jun 4, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | 30 min |
| Jun 4, 12:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson, Eddy | 55 min |
| Jun 4, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Sargent | 40 min |
| Jun 4, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 53 min |
| Jun 4, 6:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Ransom | 34 min |
| Jun 4, 6:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 6:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Cass | 36 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.