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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 78, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 9:55 AM CDT for Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 9:55 AM CDT (14:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 65 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Koochiching County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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 27, 7:50 AM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-271330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 750 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 725 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE MOVING ACROSS BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RED LAKE AREA AND NEAR THE CITIES OF RED LAKE AND BLACKDUCK BY 830 AM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:51 AM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-271330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 750 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 725 AM CDT...AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME STRONG...WERE MOVING ACROSS BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST TO 10 MILES EAST OF BEMIDJI MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RED LAKE AREA AND NEAR THE CITIES OF RED LAKE AND BLACKDUCK BY 830 AM CDT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE STRONG WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-271430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 845 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 830 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE STRONG...CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI NEAR NORTHHOME. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM AT NORTHHOME. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE DETROIT LAKES AREA EAST TO NEAR PERHAM. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION THE NEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSE A THREAT TO PERSONS IN THE LAKES AREA OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. VOELKER
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 8:50 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-271430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 845 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL UNTIL 1 PM CDT... AT 830 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...ONE STRONG...CONTINUED TO MOVE RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 50 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI NEAR NORTHHOME. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED FROM THIS STORM AT NORTHHOME. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR. ELSEWHERE...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE FROM THE DETROIT LAKES AREA EAST TO NEAR PERHAM. ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF THE REGION THE NEW THUNDERSTORMS COULD POSE A THREAT TO PERSONS IN THE LAKES AREA OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE FORM OF WEATHER INFORMATION FOR LATER STATEMENTS. VOELKER
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:35 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 6:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 4:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 65 min |
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Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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.