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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Bismarck, ND

August 17, 1995McLean County, North Dakota

NWS Bismarck, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 17, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT for McLean County, North Dakota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 1995, 9:05 PM CDT (02:05 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1995, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Bismarck, ND
Area
Whole counties

County McLean County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 104 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1995-08-18Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4552 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1995-08-18The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 93 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
4552 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1633 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
16.4

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 8:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcLean52 min
Aug 17, 9:05 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningBISMcLean55 min
Aug 18, 3:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcKenzie59 min
Aug 18, 4:27 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISDunn48 min
Aug 18, 4:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMountrail31 min
Aug 18, 5:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISWard43 min
Aug 18, 6:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISMcHenry42 min
Aug 18, 6:53 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISBottineau, Rolette29 min
Aug 18, 7:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISPierce, Rolette38 min
Aug 18, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningBISRamsey44 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.