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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Grand Forks, ND

May 23, 1994Becker County, Clay County, Norman County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 23, 1994, 4:55 PM CDT for Becker County, Clay County, Norman County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 23, 1994, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired
May 23, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Becker County, MN, Clay County, MN, Norman County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 275 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 1994-05-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 12 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1994-05-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 168 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
12 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1096 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
229 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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
May 22, 9:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay57 min
May 23, 5:19 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFClay56 min
May 23, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail, Wilkin65 min
May 23, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater31 min
May 23, 6:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFHubbard49 min
May 23, 6:51 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFOtter Tail69 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.