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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 103, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 22, 2024Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 2024, 7:01 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 44 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 22, 2024, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired: Jul 22, 2024, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Storm-based polygon
Hail: 1.5 in
Wind: 60.0 mph

County Benson County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 360 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1835 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -5 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1322 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 16 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 41 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.2
Supercell composite: 2.5

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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 22, 6:44 PM CDT, 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 22, 6:44 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 22, 5:20 AM CDT, 13 hours 41 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
520 AM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024-
026>030-038-039-049-052>054-231030-
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-
520 AM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

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

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight

Isolated strong thunderstorms today could bring small hail and
brief gusty winds to portions of the area. Best chances are in
northwest and west central Minnesota.

Mid to upper level smoke is expected to continue occasionally
mixing to the surface. Air quality and visibility could be
impacted at times.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Saturday...Strong Thunderstorm Risk.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Spotter activation is not anticipated today.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 22, 3:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
353 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

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

0340 PM     Hail             Mountain ND             48.69N 97.86W
07/22/2024  M2.00 Inch       Pembina            ND   Broadcast Media

            Time estimated.

&&

BR

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:26 PM CDT, 2 hours 35 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
426 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

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

0415 PM     Hail             7 W Karlstad            48.58N 96.69W
07/22/2024  M1.75 Inch       Kittson            MN   Broadcast Media

            Time Estimated.

&&

BR

Local storm report, Jul 22, 4:39 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
439 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

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

0436 PM     Hail             Walhalla                48.93N 97.91W
07/22/2024  E1.75 Inch       Pembina            ND   Broadcast Media

&&

BR

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
504 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

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

0410 PM     Tstm Wnd Gst     10 E Langdon            48.76N 98.15W
07/22/2024  M71 MPH          Cavalier           ND   Dept of Highways

&&

BR

Local storm report, Jul 22, 5:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Grand Forks ND
518 PM CDT Mon Jul 22 2024

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

0430 PM     Hail             Walhalla                48.92N 97.92W
07/22/2024  E2.00 Inch       Pembina            ND   Public

            Estimated from picture.

&&

BR

Local storm report, Jul 22, 7:00 PM CDT, 1 minute 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
Jul 22, 7:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Eddy	38 min
Jul 22, 7:37 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson	38 min
Jul 22, 10:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Polk	32 min
Jul 22, 11:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Norman	38 min
Jul 23, 12:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Mahnomen	35 min
Jul 23, 1:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Mahnomen	38 min
Jul 23, 1:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	33 min
Jul 23, 2:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Becker	59 min
Jul 23, 3:12 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	48 min
Jul 23, 3:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	32 min
Jul 23, 3:53 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Otter Tail	37 min
Jul 23, 3:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	48 min
Jul 23, 4:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Wilkin	29 min
Jul 23, 5:28 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	FGF	Grant	32 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.