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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 22, 1992Kittson County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 1992, 8:28 PM CDT for Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Aug 22, 1992, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
Expired: Aug 22, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Kittson County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 257 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: 63 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -365 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1296 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 256 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 446 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 4.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 230128
SVRFAR
MNC069-230200-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
828 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
      EASTERN KITTSON

AT 820 PM CDT...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
5 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LAKE BRONSON MINNESOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
IF YOU SPOT A FUNNEL OR A TORNADO YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING TOR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS.

MORIN

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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 6:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
640 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE
EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 625 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF
MINNESOTA...35 MILES NORTH OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...OR JUST NORTHEAST OF
STRANDQUIST.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES AN
HOUR...AND WILL LIKELY PRODUCE BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL.  THE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR THE TOWN OF
WARROAD BY 730 PM.

OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER WEST
CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...AND OVER NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST
NORTH DAKOTA.

BE ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS THIS EVENING...AS
ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS REMAIN EXCELLENT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERrE
WEATHER.  STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION STATION...OR
TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER UPDATES.
ARMSTRONG

Special weather statement, Aug 22, 7:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-230045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
707 PM CDT SAT AUG 22 1992

...TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE
EXTREME NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND
POSSIBLY SOME SMALL HAIL WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS 45 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS...OR IN THE
ST THOMAS AREA OF PEMBINA COUNTY...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 45 MILES
AN HOUR.  THE STORM WILL CROSS THE RED RIVER OF THE NORTH...AND
APPROACH THE TOWN OF HALLOCK BY 730 PM.

SEVERE WEATHER HAS NOT BEEN REPORTED THIS EVENING...HOWEVER CONDITIONS
REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF STRONG DAMAGING
THUNDERSTORMS...SO STAY ALERT FOR THE APPROACH OF THUNDERSTORMS.
ARMSTRONG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 22, 8:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Roseau	64 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.