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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 2024, 12:26 AM CDT for Eddy County, North Dakota. It was in force for 20 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 15, 2024, 12:26 AM CDT (05:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 15, 2024, 12:46 AM CDT
- In force
- 20 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Hail
- 1.0 in
- Wind
- 60.0 mph
County Eddy County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 120 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:27 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 11:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | 7 hr |
The nearest sounding before it
Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 172 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
- 2151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -95 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1624 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 138 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 7.2
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 14, 11:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 14, 11:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Grand Forks ND 326 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024 MNZ001>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-040-NDZ006>008-014>016-024- 026>030-038-039-049-052>054-152030- 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- 326 PM CDT Sun Jul 14 2024 This hazardous weather outlook is for portions of eastern North Dakota, west central and northwest Minnesota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a level 2 out of 5 risk for severe thunderstorms after 8 PM tonight. The main hazards will be wind gusts to 75 mph and hail to size of golf balls. General storm motion...Moving toward the southeast around 45 mph. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Monday through Saturday The probability for widespread hazardous weather is low. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... Spotter activation may be required today.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 9:08 PM CDT, 3 hours 18 minutes 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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| Jul 14, 9:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 22 min |
| Jul 14, 10:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Benson | 45 min |
| Jul 14, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 53 min |
| Jul 14, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Benson | 34 min |
| Jul 14, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Eddy | 45 min |
| Jul 15, 12:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Eddy | 30 min |
| Jul 15, 1:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes | 37 min |
| Jul 15, 2:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Eddy | 36 min |
| Jul 15, 2:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Barnes | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 2:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grand Forks | 52 min |
| Jul 15, 3:20 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass | 40 min |
| Jul 15, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Barnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 54 min |
| Jul 15, 4:29 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FGF | Cass | 94 min |
| Jul 15, 4:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Ransom, Richland, Sargent | 60 min |
| Jul 15, 3:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grant | 34 min |
| Jul 15, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FGF | Grant | 12 min |
| Jul 15, 5:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grant | 33 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.