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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 15, 2024Eddy County, North Dakota

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.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jul 14, 11:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 2024-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2151 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 00:00Z on 2024-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 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
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

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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 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, Jul 14, 3:26 PM CDT, 9 hours before
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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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 9:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBenson22 min
Jul 14, 10:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBenson45 min
Jul 14, 10:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson53 min
Jul 14, 11:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson34 min
Jul 14, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy45 min
Jul 15, 12:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFEddy30 min
Jul 15, 1:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBarnes37 min
Jul 15, 2:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFEddy36 min
Jul 15, 2:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFBarnes34 min
Jul 15, 2:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrand Forks52 min
Jul 15, 3:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass40 min
Jul 15, 3:51 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Cass, Ransom, Richland, Sargent54 min
Jul 15, 4:29 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryFGFCass94 min
Jul 15, 4:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom, Richland, Sargent60 min
Jul 15, 3:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrant34 min
Jul 15, 4:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementFGFGrant12 min
Jul 15, 5:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrant33 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.