Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 4:29 AM CDT for Becker County, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 4:29 AM CDT (09:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Becker County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 243 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
- 932 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 64 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFAR 120929 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC005-087-111-121030-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
429 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 530 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
BECKER...MAHNOMEN...THE CITY OF DETROIT LAKES...
IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
OTTER TAIL...THE CITY OF FERGUS FALLS...
AT 430 AM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF FARGO...TO FERGUS FALLS. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS
WAS MOVING EAST AT NEARLY 70 MPH.
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...YOU SHOULD MXOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND NEAR WINDOWS. DO NOT USE TELEPHONES
OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
ARMSTRONGWhat 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
Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:43 AM CDT, 46 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
345 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 AM MARION ND TORNADO
07/12/95 LA MOURE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
245 AM LISBON ND 70 MPH WINDS
07/12/95 RANSOM REPORTED BY RADIO STATION
255 AM MCLEOD ND TREE DAMAGE ROOF BLOWN OFF
07/12/95 RANSOM REPORTED BY COOP OBSVRLocal storm report, Jul 12, 3:45 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
345 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
230 AM MARION ND TORNADO
07/12/95 LA MOURE REPORTED BY PUBLIC
245 AM LISBON ND 70 MPH WINDS
07/12/95 RANSOM REPORTED BY RADIO STATION
255 AM MCLEOD ND TREE DAMAGE ROOF BLOWN OFF
07/12/95 RANSOM REPORTED BY COOP OBSVRThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 3:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traverse | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 3:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Becker, Otter Tail | 39 min |
| Jul 12, 4:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 61 min |
| Jul 12, 5:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Clearwater | 65 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.