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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 7, 2020Kittson County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 7, 2020, 6:55 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 7, 2020, 6:55 PM CDT (23:55 UTC)
Expired
Jun 7, 2020, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Kittson County, MN

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 157 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:58 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 7, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 17 N Lancaster, MNHAIL NOTED ACORSS HIGHWAY NEAR THE BORDER.
Jun 7, 6:55 PM CDTHAIL 17 N Lancaster, MNHAIL NOTED ACROSS HIGHWAY NEAR THE BORDER.

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 7, 3:06 PM CDTTornado WatchSPC7 hr

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 261 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 2020-06-07Temperature 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 2020-06-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 532 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
614 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
532 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
503 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

513 
WUUS53 KFGF 072355
SVRFGF
MNC069-080030-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0021.200607T2355Z-200608T0030Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
655 PM CDT Sun Jun 7 2020

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  North central Kittson County in northwestern Minnesota...

* Until 730 PM CDT.

* At 654 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located 7 miles northeast
  of Orleans, or 47 miles northeast of Grafton, moving north 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
  north central Kittson County.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A Tornado Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for northwestern
Minnesota.

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

&&

LAT...LON 4884 9680 4884 9700 4900 9693 4900 9661
TIME...MOT...LOC 2354Z 199DEG 29KT 4898 9680 

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

Lynch

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 7, 1:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFHubbard46 min
Jun 7, 2:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPolk38 min
Jun 7, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBeltrami, Clearwater49 min
Jun 7, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake43 min
Jun 7, 3:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Pennington, Red Lake, Roseau50 min
Jun 7, 4:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Marshall, Roseau23 min
Jun 7, 4:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Roseau49 min
Jun 7, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall, Roseau52 min
Jun 7, 5:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall55 min
Jun 7, 5:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRoseau53 min
Jun 7, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall57 min
Jun 7, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Mahnomen, Norman, Polk29 min
Jun 7, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson50 min
Jun 7, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall66 min
Jun 7, 6:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPennington, Red Lake40 min
Jun 7, 6:15 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson33 min
Jun 7, 6:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson56 min
Jun 7, 6:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall46 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.