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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 145, NWS Grand Forks, ND

October 3, 2023Ramsey County, Walsh County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 3, 2023, 8:04 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Walsh 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: Oct 3, 2023, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
Expired: Oct 3, 2023, 8:45 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.0 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

Counties Ramsey County, ND, Walsh County, ND

The radar

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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 Oct 3, 7:37 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 3, 7:37 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 3, 7:15 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Oct 3, 7:38 PM CDT, 26 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Oct 3, 7:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Ramsey	45 min
Oct 3, 7:31 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson, Ramsey	44 min
Oct 3, 8:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Ramsey, Walsh	17 min
Oct 4, 2:43 PM CDT	Freeze Watch	FGF	Benson, Cavalier, Ramsey, Towner	24 hr

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 2023 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2023

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.