Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 7, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 1995, 9:17 PM CDT for Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 22, 1995, 9:17 PM CDT (02:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 22, 1995, 10:09 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Saint Louis County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Crane Lake, MN | Brief tornado touchdown on shore of Moose Lake. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 948 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -146 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1126 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 249 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 597 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KINL 230217 TORINL MNC137-230315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 917 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY AT 915 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM AT THE SOUTH END OF LAKE KABETOGAMA. MOVEMENT OF THIS STORM WAS SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL CROSS LAKE KABETOGAMA BY 935 PM...AND CRANE LAKE BY 945 PM. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN :A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS. 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, 8:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
800 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995
TIME(CDT) ...LOCATION OF EVENT... STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM RANIER MN HAIL 0.75 INCH.
KOOCHICHING
522 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL 1.25 INCH.
KOOCHICHING
531 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL 1.25 INCH AT
KOOCHICHING AIRPORT.
HAIL 1.50 INCH
BY SPOTTERS.
CONVECTIVE GUST TO
67 MPH AT INT'L FALLS
AIRPORT.
535 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL 2.00 INCH AT INL
KOOCHICHING HAIL 3.00 INCH
BY SPOTTERS.
604 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL DAMAGED
KOOCHICHING NWS BUILDING.
610 PM RAY MN HAIL TO 2.00 INCHES
KOOCHICHING BROKE SPOTTER
WINDSHIELD.
630 PM 1 N OF SKIME MN HAIL 1.00 INCH
ROSEAU SPOTTER REPORT.
MWD/JMB/MJK/JJFLocal storm report, Aug 22, 8:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
800 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995
TIME(CDT) ...LOCATION OF EVENT... STATE ...EVENTS/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
520 PM RANIER MN HAIL 0.75 INCH.
KOOCHICHING
522 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL 1.25 INCH.
KOOCHICHING
531 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL 1.25 INCH AT
KOOCHICHING AIRPORT.
HAIL 1.50 INCH
BY SPOTTERS.
CONVECTIVE GUST TO
67 MPH AT INT'L FALLS
AIRPORT.
535 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL 2.00 INCH AT INL
KOOCHICHING HAIL 3.00 INCH
BY SPOTTERS.
604 PM INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN HAIL DAMAGED
KOOCHICHING NWS BUILDING.
610 PM RAY MN HAIL TO 2.00 INCHES
KOOCHICHING BROKE SPOTTER
WINDSHIELD.
630 PM 1 N OF SKIME MN HAIL 1.00 INCH
ROSEAU j SPOTTER REPORT.
MWD/JMB/MJK/JJFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 22, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake, Saint Louis | 31 min |
| Aug 22, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 57 min |
| Aug 22, 8:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 32 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.