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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 16, 1992Becker County, Clay County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 16, 1992, 1:25 PM CDT for Becker County, Clay County, Minnesota. It was in force for 20 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 16, 1992, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 16, 1992, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
20 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 278 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
NaN m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
45 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 KFAR 161825
SVRFAR
MNC005-027-161845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
125 PM CDT WED SEP 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FARGO HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN BECKER COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN CLAY COUNTY
 
AT 120 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25 MILES EAST OF
FARGO/MOORHEAD NEAR HITTERDAL. STRONG WINDS AND 3/4 INCH HAIL HAVE
BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM.
 
THIS STORM INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF HITTERDAL...HAWLEY...ULEN...AND
LAKE PARK.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A REINFORCED
BUILDING.  BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IN A PROTECTED
HARBOR.  LIGHTNING STRIKES ON WATER CAN BE FATAL EVEN IF YOU ARE IN A
BOAT.  DEADLY LIGHTNING OCCURRS WITH SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
 
WELVAERT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 16, 2:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami54 min

Nearby

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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.