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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 18, 1992Dickey County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 18, 1992, 8:27 PM CDT for Dickey County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. 2 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 18, 1992, 8:27 PM CDT (01:27 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1992, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Dickey County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F0Dickey, ND
Jun 18, 8:30 PM CDTTornado F0Dickey, ND

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 135 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1315 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 56 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
1315 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 190136
TORFAR
NDC021-190200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
827 PM CDT THU JUN 18 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FARGO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...WESTERN DICKEY COUNTY
 
AT 830 PM CDT...PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 15 MILES
NORTHWEST OF ELLENDALE...SOUTH OF JAMESTOWN NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA
STATE LINE.  RADAR INDICATES THIS STORM NOW JUST TO THE WEST OF
ELLENDALE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.