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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 129, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 24, 2023Cavalier County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 24, 2023, 4:34 PM CDT for Cavalier County, North Dakota. It was in force for 41 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 24, 2023, 4:34 PM CDT (21:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 24, 2023, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Storm-based polygon
Hail
1.0 in
Wind
60.0 mph

County Cavalier County, ND

The radar

The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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.

The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Aug 24, 2:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC5 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 278 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 2023-08-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 66 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 2023-08-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -63 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
66 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-234 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1667 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-63 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-116 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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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 Aug 24, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 24, 3:23 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 24, 1:44 PM CDT, 2 hours 50 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
144 PM CDT Thu Aug 24 2023

MNZ001>009-013>016-022-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-026>030-038-039-054-
251845-
West Polk-Norman-Clay-Kittson-Roseau-Lake Of The Woods-
West Marshall-East Marshall-North Beltrami-Pennington-Red Lake-
East Polk-North Clearwater-Mahnomen-Towner-Cavalier-Pembina-
Benson-Ramsey-Eastern Walsh-Eddy-Nelson-Grand Forks-Griggs-Steele-
Traill-Barnes-Cass-Western Walsh-
144 PM CDT Thu Aug 24 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 this evening and tonight. The main hazards will be up
to 60 MPH wind gusts and ping pong ball sized hail.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

MNZ017-023-024-027>032-040-NDZ049-052-053-251845-
South Beltrami-South Clearwater-Hubbard-West Becker-East Becker-
Wilkin-West Otter Tail-East Otter Tail-Wadena-Grant-Ransom-
Sargent-Richland-
144 PM CDT Thu Aug 24 2023

This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North
Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota.

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 24, 5:51 AM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryFGFBarnes, Benson, Cavalier, Eddy, Griggs, Nelson and 5 more4 hr
Aug 24, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBenson26 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.