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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 17, 1991Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1991, 10:46 PM CDT for Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 17, 1991, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 1991, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 95 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1991-06-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 793 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1991-06-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 12 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
793 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-112 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1857 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
7 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
95 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KINL 180346
SVRINL
MNC007-071-077-180430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
1046 PM CDT MON JUN 17 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY
   ...NORTHWESTERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY...LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
 
AT 1040 PM RADAR INDICATED TWO STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...ONE 15
MILES SOUTHWEST OF BAUDETTE OR 65 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI. THE OTHER...A
REDEVELOPMENT OF A THUNDERSTORM OVER THE FOUR TOWN AREA OR 60 MILES
NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI.
 
THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND ARE EXPECTED TO MOVE
INTO THE BAUDETTE AREA AROUND 1100 PM CDT.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
CARROLL
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 10:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods57 min
Jun 17, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen, Norman, Polk45 min
Jun 18, 12:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater68 min
Jun 18, 12:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater56 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.