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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 13, 1995Ransom County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 2:12 AM CDT for Ransom County, North Dakota. It was in force for 63 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 2:12 AM CDT (07:12 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Ransom County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 182 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3028 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 122 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
3028 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-261 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1466 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
260 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 130712 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC073-130815-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      RANSOM

AT 210 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR VERONA NORTH
DAKOTA IN EXTREME EAST LA MOURE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 65-70 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO RANSOME COUNTY BY 230AM.

TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE LISBON AND MCLEOD.

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, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Griggs, Steele68 min
Jul 13, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh68 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.