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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 13, 1995Barnes County, Griggs County, Steele County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 1:22 AM CDT for Barnes County, Griggs County, Steele County, North Dakota. It was in force for 68 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 1:22 AM CDT (06:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 2:30 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barnes County, ND, Griggs County, ND, Steele County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 6.4 hours before the alert went out and 212 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 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1559 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 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1559 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-245 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1493 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
192 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 130622 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC003-039-091-130730-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
122 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      BARNES...SOUTHERN GRIGGS...SOUTHERN STEELE...THE CITY OF 
      VALLEY CITY

AT 115 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 35 MILES
NORTHEAST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 65 TO 70 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO NORTHWEST BARNES COUNTY
NEAR THE TOWN OF WIMBLEDON.  ANOTHER STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR THE
TOWN OF MONTPELIER NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO
SOUTHWEST BARNES COUNTY NEAR LITCHVILLE.

PERSONS IN THE WEST PART OF BARNES COUNTY SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

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.

BENNETT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh68 min
Jul 13, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom63 min
Jul 13, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCass, Richland62 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.