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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 189, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 19, 2022Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 2022, 6:11 AM CDT for Pembina County, Walsh County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Marshall County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 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
Jul 19, 2022, 6:11 AM CDT (11:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2022, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

Counties Kittson County, MN, Marshall County, MN, Roseau County, MN, Pembina County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 11.2 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 00:00Z on 2022-07-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 852 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 2022-07-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 148 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
852 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-161 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1603 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
148 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
311 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.4

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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 Jul 19, 4:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 19, 4:40 AM CDT, 1 hour 31 minutes before
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In the hours before

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 4:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
429 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0415 AM     TSTM WND GST     1 WSW CANDO             48.48N 99.23W
07/19/2022  M62 MPH          TOWNER             ND   AWOS

            AWOS STATION K9D7 CANDO AP ND.

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Local storm report, Jul 19, 5:04 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE GRAND FORKS ND
504 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 2022

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
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0455 AM     TSTM WND GST     2 SW LANGDON            48.75N 98.40W
07/19/2022  M67 MPH          CAVALIER           ND   AWOS

            AWOS STATION KD55 LANGDON AP ND.

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 18, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFTraill39 min
Jul 18, 11:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRansom, Sargent23 min
Jul 19, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRichland58 min
Jul 19, 1:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrand Forks52 min
Jul 19, 1:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks56 min
Jul 19, 2:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh29 min
Jul 19, 3:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier38 min
Jul 19, 3:48 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner57 min
Jul 19, 4:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFGFCavalier, Towner50 min
Jul 19, 4:42 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier, Pembina, Ramsey, Towner, Walsh48 min
Jul 19, 5:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threatFGFCavalier, Pembina, Walsh54 min
Jul 19, 9:54 AM CDTWind AdvisoryFGFBarnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent10 hr
Jul 19, 3:26 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFCavalier3 hr
Jul 19, 5:06 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFPembina4 hr
Jul 19, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Roseau51 min
Jul 19, 2:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau60 min
Jul 19, 2:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFWilkin40 min
Jul 19, 2:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFMarshall31 min
Jul 19, 2:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFLake of the Woods48 min
Jul 19, 7:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFMarshall, Roseau41 min
Jul 19, 7:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRoseau42 min
Jul 19, 10:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFRoseau37 min
Jul 19, 1:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFKittson, Marshall40 min
Jul 19, 1:37 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson23 min
Jul 19, 2:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFKittson43 min
Jul 19, 2:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson, Roseau36 min
Jul 19, 3:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFLake of the Woods37 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.