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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 3, 20214 counties in North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 2021, 6:57 PM CDT for 4 counties in North Dakota. It was in force for 48 min. 1 report 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
Jul 3, 2021, 6:57 PM CDT (23:57 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 2021, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
0.75 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Grand Forks County, ND, Nelson County, ND, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:56 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.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 3, 7:05 PM CDTTSTM WND DMG6 E Lankin, NDBRANCHES DOWN AND DAMAGE TO METAL SHEDS; TIME ESTIMATED BY 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 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 292 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 12:00Z on 2021-07-03Temperature 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2021-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 187 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
187 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
150 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

752 
WUUS53 KFGF 032357
SVRFGF
NDC035-063-067-099-040045-
/O.NEW.KFGF.SV.W.0046.210703T2357Z-210704T0045Z/

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Severe Thunderstorm Warning
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
657 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

The National Weather Service in Grand Forks has issued a

* Severe Thunderstorm Warning for...
  Northwestern Grand Forks County in northeastern North Dakota...
  Northeastern Nelson County in northeastern North Dakota...
  Walsh County in northeastern North Dakota...
  Southern Pembina County in northeastern North Dakota...

* Until 745 PM CDT.

* At 657 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
  extending from near Edinburg to near Whitman, moving east at 45
  mph.

  HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

  SOURCE...Radar indicated.

  IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

* Severe thunderstorms will be near...
  Edinburg around 700 PM CDT.
  Hoople around 710 PM CDT.
  Fordville and Nash around 715 PM CDT.

Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include
Forest River Colony, Inkster, Auburn, Johnstown and Cashel.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 155 and 188.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4810 9719 4811 9820 4858 9789 4860 9717
TIME...MOT...LOC 2357Z 259DEG 39KT 4853 9782 4813 9803 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

VG
2 follow-up statements
372 
WWUS53 KFGF 040023
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
723 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

NDC035-063-067-099-040045-
/O.CON.KFGF.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-210704T0045Z/
Grand Forks ND-Nelson ND-Walsh ND-Pembina ND-
723 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 745 PM CDT
FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS...NORTHEASTERN NELSON...WALSH AND
SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTIES...

At 723 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line
extending from near St. Thomas to near Inkster, moving east at 45
mph.

HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees.

Locations impacted include...
  Auburn, Cashel, Johnstown, Forest River, Herrick, Drayton, Ardoch, 
  Minto and Warsaw.

This includes Interstate 29 between mile markers 155 and 188.
 
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4811 9803 4858 9783 4860 9717 4810 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0023Z 270DEG 39KT 4858 9741 4818 9762 

HAIL...<.75IN
WIND...60MPH
 
$$

VG
058 
WWUS53 KFGF 040035
SVSFGF

Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
735 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

NDC035-063-067-099-040045-
/O.EXP.KFGF.SV.W.0046.000000T0000Z-210704T0045Z/
Grand Forks ND-Nelson ND-Walsh ND-Pembina ND-
735 PM CDT Sat Jul 3 2021

...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR NORTHWESTERN GRAND FORKS...
NORTHEASTERN NELSON...WALSH AND SOUTHEASTERN PEMBINA COUNTIES WILL
EXPIRE AT 745 PM CDT...
            
The storms which prompted the warning have weakened below severe
limits, and no longer pose an immediate threat to life or property.
Therefore, the warning will be allowed to expire.  However gusty
winds are still possible with these thunderstorms.

LAT...LON 4811 9803 4858 9783 4860 9717 4810 9719
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 259DEG 39KT 4860 9724 4820 9745 

$$

JR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRamsey32 min
Jul 3, 5:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFTowner48 min
Jul 3, 5:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWalsh43 min
Jul 3, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRamsey41 min
Jul 3, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Nelson, Ramsey45 min

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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.