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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 5, 2021Kittson County, Minnesota; Cavalier County, Pembina County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 2021, 7:47 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota; Cavalier County, Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 58 min. 4 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 5, 2021, 7:47 PM CDT (00:47 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 2021, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kittson County, MN, Cavalier County, ND, Pembina County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 5, 8:04 PM CDTTSTM WND GST 627 Sse Walhalla, NDPEAK WIND AT A PERSONAL WEATHER STATION.
Jun 5, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG8 S Walhalla, NDSEVERAL WOODEN POWER POLES WERE BLOWN DOWN ALONG HIGHWAY 32. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR. REPORT POSTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA.
Jun 5, 8:20 PM CDTTSTM WND DMGWalhalla, ND[DELAYED REPORT] POWER LINES DOWN AND POWER POLES BENT. LOCATION SOUTH OF WALHALLA ALONG 32 ALTHOUGH EXACT DISTANCE NOT KNOWN. FROM SOCIAL MEDIA. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.
Jun 5, 8:45 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG4 Wsw Pembina, NDPOWER LINES DOWN IN CENTRAL PEMBINA TOWNSHIP WITH POWER OUTAGES REPORTED IN AND NEAR THE COMMUNITY OF PEMBINA. TIME ESTIMATED BASED ON RADAR.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 313 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1639 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2021-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
1639 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
3032 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
118 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.1

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The text

As transmitted.

889 
WUUS53 KFGF 060047
SVRFGF
MNC069-NDC019-067-060145-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0003.210606T0047Z-210606T0145Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
747 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  West central Kittson County in northwestern Minnesota...
  Eastern Cavalier County in northeastern North Dakota...
  Pembina County in northeastern North Dakota...

* Until 845 PM CDT.

* At 746 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located near Olga, or 11
  miles east of Langdon, moving northeast at 45 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 be near...
  Olga and Concrete around 755 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of this severe thunderstorm include
Walhalla, Backoo, Leroy and Neche.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Large hail and damaging winds and continuous cloud to ground
lightning is occurring with this storm. Move indoors immediately.
Lightning is one of nature's leading killers. Remember, if you can
hear thunder, you are close enough to be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 9734 4876 9697 4854 9814 4854 9822
      4877 9838 4900 9819
TIME...MOT...LOC 0046Z 230DEG 37KT 4875 9813 

HAIL...1.00IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$
1 follow-up statement
091 
WWUS53 KFGF 060112
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
812 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

MNC069-NDC019-067-060145-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0003.000000T0000Z-210606T0145Z/
Kittson MN-Cavalier ND-Pembina ND-
812 PM CDT Sat Jun 5 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 845 PM CDT
FOR WEST CENTRAL KITTSON...NORTHEASTERN CAVALIER AND PEMBINA
COUNTIES...

At 812 PM CDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Leroy, or 27
miles northeast of Langdon, moving northeast at 45 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.

Locations impacted include...
  Leroy and Neche.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

Continuous cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Move indoors immediately. Lightning is one of nature's leading
killers. Remember, if you can hear thunder, you are close enough to
be struck by lightning.

&&

LAT...LON 4900 9734 4876 9697 4857 9796 4874 9798
      4887 9802 4900 9802
TIME...MOT...LOC 0112Z 230DEG 37KT 4892 9781 

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

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 5, 8:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson16 min
Jun 5, 10:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFKittson41 min
Jun 6, 12:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRoseau57 min
Jun 6, 3:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Marshall66 min
Jun 6, 11:23 AM CDTFire Weather WatchFGFBecker, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kittson and 8 more16 hr
Jun 5, 7:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFPembina66 min
Jun 6, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBenson, Eddy, Towner56 min
Jun 6, 1:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Cavalier, Eddy, Ramsey, Towner65 min
Jun 6, 2:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier, Towner43 min
Jun 6, 2:39 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks, Griggs, Nelson and 4 more51 min
Jun 6, 4:33 AM CDTRed Flag WarningFGFBarnes, Benson, Cass, Cavalier, Eddy, Grand Forks and 8 more16 hr

Nearby

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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.