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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 19, 1994Clay County, Norman County, Minnesota; Cass County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1994, 6:42 PM CDT for Clay County, Norman County, Minnesota; Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 1994, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN, Cass County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 307 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 1994-06-19Temperature 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 1994-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 99 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
1065 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall, Polk56 min
Jun 19, 5:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMahnomen, Polk69 min
Jun 19, 4:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Nelson65 min
Jun 19, 5:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs, Steele36 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1994Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994

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.