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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 2023, 8:23 PM CDT for Otter Tail County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 34 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
- Aug 1, 2023, 8:23 PM CDT (01:23 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 2023, 8:57 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
Counties Otter Tail County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Richland County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 150 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The watch it was issued in
The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.
| Issued | Product | Office | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 3:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 8 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 334 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
- 2418 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1445 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -21 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
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 Aug 1, 3:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 1, 3:04 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
Area Forecast Discussion National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 304 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 .SHORT TERM...(This evening through Wednesday night) Issued at 224 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 Activity remains isolated on the eastern edge of the instability within the WAA regime across the MN lakes na trees area. This is expected to slowly push east this afternoon. Attention in the near term will be if and where convection can develop in ND. Most likely along the wind shift line extending from near Cooperstown towards Grand Forks south of which temps near 90F and 70 dew pts supporting ample instability. With the effective 0 to 6km shear in the 30 to 40kt range and ML CAPE around 3000J/kg initial storm mode should be supercellular to multicellular, creating hail potential to golfball size and winds to 60mph. Another round of storms to monitor will be to the west and if a MCS or linear system develop which could track to the east this evening into the overnight. This would bring the threat of 60mph winds should this occur as the convection moves into eastern ND from the west. Tomorrow will be a touch cooler as shower chances linger into the morning hours with drier conditions into the afternoon and evening. Highs in the mid to upper 80s expected. .LONG TERM...(Thursday through Tuesday) Issued at 224 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 Key Messages: -Seasonal Temperatures to end the week and into the weekend -Precip chances hinge on thunderstorm activity and timing Typical late summer pattern with weak forcing and as a result low predictability exist with precip timing, coverage and placement within the extended time frame. Ensemble guidance does suggest potential for a wave and thunderstorms late Friday into Saturday with rain potential up to 50%. There's a 50-60% chance for greater than 0.1 inch rainfall, and 30-40% chance for greater than 0.25 inch rainfall. Behind the wave NW flow returns and temps will be cooler with highs in the 70s Sun and Mon vs 80s Thur - Sat. && .AVIATION...(For the 18Z TAFS through 18Z Wednesday afternoon) Issued at 1230 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 Another round of thunder is moving near BJI early this afternoon. Another convection continues to be difficult in discerning if and where new activity will develop this afternoon and evening. With drier air filtering in on north winds in DVL and soon to be GFK went ahead and removed the thunder mention with chances 30 percent or less. Did keep the mention at FAR. More likely scenario for thunder will evolve tonight with activity in the west spreading east southeast. && .FGF WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... ND...None. MN...None. && SHORT TERM...JK LONG TERM...JK AVIATION...JK
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 1, 1:55 PM CDT, 6 hours 28 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 155 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-021900- 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-Towner-Cavalier- Pembina-Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson-Grand Forks- Griggs-Steele-Traill-Barnes-Cass-Ransom-Sargent-Richland- Western Walsh- 155 PM CDT Tue Aug 1 2023 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Isolated to scattered severe thunderstorms are expected across the region in the afternoon and evening hours. Threats this afternoon would be hail up to golf balls within discrete thunderstorms. In the evening and overnight, storms threats change to hail up to quarters and winds up to 70mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Wednesday theres a slight chance for thunderstorms for NW MN. The main threat for these storms if they develop is lightning. The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation is not anticipated.
In the hours before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 1, 7:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Becker, Clay, Hubbard, Otter Tail, Wilkin | 59 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.