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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Duluth, MN

August 22, 1995Saint Louis County, Minnesota

NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 1995, 6:34 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1995, 6:34 PM CDT (23:34 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Duluth, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Saint Louis County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 1995-08-22Temperature 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 1995-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KINL 222334
TORINL
MNC137-230015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
634 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF LAKE KABETOGAMA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30
MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BUYCK...CRANE LAKE...AS
WELL AS THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA.
 
 
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO.  CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS.  IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING.  IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
 
 
BENTZIEN
 
NNNN

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 22, 1:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 19 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
115 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

TIME(CDT)    ...LOCATION OF EVENT...     STATE  ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
             ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1042 AM      BAUDETTE                    MN     ASOS REPORTED 56 KT
             LAKE OF THE WOODS                  THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

1045 AM      BAUDETTE                    MN     LAW ENFORCEMENT
             LAKE OF THE WOODS                  REPORTED THAT WIND
                                                TORE THE ROOF OFF
                                                OF A LOCAL BUSINESS.

MWD
Local storm report, Aug 22, 1:17 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
115 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

TIME(CDT)    ...LOCATION OF EVENT...     STATE  ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
             ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1042 AM      BAUDETTE                    MN     ASOS REPORTED 56 KT
             LAKE OF THE WOODS                  THUNDERSTORM WINDS.

1045 AM      BAUDETTE                    MN     LAW ENFORCEMENT
             LAKE OF THE WOODS                  REPORTED THAT WIND
                                                TORE THE ROOF OFF
                                                OF A LOCAL BUSINESS.

MWD
Local storm report, Aug 22, 2:18 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
220 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

TIME(CDT)    ...LOCATION OF EVENT...     STATE  ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
             ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1050 AM      BAUDETTE                    MN     BAUDETTE AIRPORT
             LAKE OF THE WOODS                  PERSONNEL REPORTED
                                                LARGE TREES SNAPPED
                                                OFF...AND SEAPLANE
                                                BLOWN OUT OF THE
                                                WATER.

MWD
Local storm report, Aug 22, 2:20 PM CDT, 4 hours 14 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
220 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

TIME(CDT)    ...LOCATION OF EVENT...     STATE  ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
             ....COUNTY LOCATION....

1050 AM      BAUDETTE                    MN     BAUDETTE AIRPORT
             LAKE OF THE WOODS                  PERSONNEL REPORTED
                                                LARGE TREES SNAPPED
                                                OFF...AND SEAPLANE
                                                BLOWN OUT OF THE
                                                WATER.

MWD

The office that day

Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningDLHSaint Louis47 min
Aug 22, 6:03 PM CDTTornado WarningDLHSaint Louis27 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.