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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 13, 1995Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 2:28 AM CDT for Clay County, Wilkin County, Minnesota; Cass County, Richland County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 2:28 AM CDT (07:28 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 3:30 AM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Clay County, MN, Wilkin County, MN, Cass County, ND, Richland County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 228 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 130728 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC017-077-MNC027-167-130830-

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      CASS...THE CITIES OF FARGO/MOORHEAD...

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      NORTHERN RICHLAND...

   IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
      CLAY...

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      NORTHERN WILKIN...

AT 225 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER NORTHERN
RANSOM  COUNTY MOVING EAST AT 65-70 MILES AN HOUR.  THIS STORM WILL
MOVE INTO CASS...NORTHERN RICHLAND COUNTIES OF SOUTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA AND CLAY AND NORTHERN WILKIN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODBUCE 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, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen55 min
Jul 13, 4:35 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Hubbard55 min
Jul 13, 1:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBarnes, Griggs, Steele68 min
Jul 13, 1:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrand Forks, Walsh68 min
Jul 13, 2:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1995Every 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.