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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 12, 1995Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1995, 5:10 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Clearwater County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 12, 1995, 5:10 AM CDT (10:10 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
In force: 65 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Clearwater County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 164 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 121010 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC007-029-121115-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
510 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      SOUTHERN BELTRAMI...CITY OF BEMIDJI...

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
      CLEARWATER...

AT 508 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 40 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DETROIT LAKES...MOVING EAST AT 60 TO 70 MPH.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

ARMSTRONG

What 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, 1 hour 27 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 OBSVR

Local storm report, Jul 12, 3:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 25 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 OBSVR

Local storm report, Jul 12, 5:00 AM CDT, 10 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE  FARGO ND
5 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995

TIME(CDT)  .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE   ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

3-4 AM    CASSELTON                 ND   12 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN
07/12/95   CASS                           REPORTED BY HAM RADIO

3-4 AM    FARGO                     ND   CONSTRUCTION TRAILERS OVERTURNED
07/12/95   CASS                          FARGODOME ROOF DAMAGE LARGE TREE
                                         DAMAGE IN CITY 18-20 INCH DIA.

The 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	Becker, Mahnomen	61 min
Jul 12, 4:29 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Otter Tail	61 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995 Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.