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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 27, 1992Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 27, 1992, 8:50 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1992, 8:50 PM CDT (01:50 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1992, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Lake of the Woods County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 1992-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 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 1992-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 343 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-205 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1307 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
343 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
696 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 280150
SVRINL
MNC077-280220-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
850 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  920 PM CDT
FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...NORTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY...

AT 843 PM FARGO RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NOW
MOVING OUT OF THE NORTHWEST ANGLE AND NOW OVER GARDEN ISLAND. THE
STRONGEST PART OF THE STORM IS LOCATED ABOUT 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WARROAD MINNESOTA OR ABOUT 105 MILES NORTH OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA.

THIS STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 35 MPH AND WILL MOVE INTO
CANADA AND JUST NORTH OF BAUDETTE.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM MOVE TO SHELTER NOW. THIS STORM
HAS PRODUCED 11/2 INCHES OF RAIN.

IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING

SCW

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods38 min
Jun 27, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching31 min
Jun 27, 10:34 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching41 min
Jun 27, 11:23 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKoochiching37 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.