Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 4:20 AM CDT for Clearwater County, Mahnomen County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 5:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Clearwater County, MN, Mahnomen County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 211 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
- 1293 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1785 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 56 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFAR 130920 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC029-087-131015-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
420 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 515 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN CLEARWATER...MAHNOMEN
AT 415 AM CDT...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PUSHING INTO WESTERN
MAHNOMEN COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA OR JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE
CITY OF MAHNOMEN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN
HOUR.
SOME CITIES INCLUDED ARE MAHNOMEN AND THE ITASCA STATE PARK AREA.
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.
REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING...SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT.
IF YOU SPOT A FUNNEL OR A TORNADO YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A
REINFORCED BUILDING OR IN AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM OUTSIDE WALLS.
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY TO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU SPOT A FUNNEL OR A
TORNADO YOU SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING.
INTENSE LIGHTNING IS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. IF OUTDOORS...STAY
AWAY FROM HIGH OBJECTS. MOVE INDOORS IF POSSIBLE. WHEN INDOORS...
STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DOORS AND AVOID USING TELEPHONES AND
ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT.
THIS SLOW MOVING THUNDERSTORM MAY PRODUCE EXTREMELY HEAVY RAIN THAT
CAN QUICKLY FLOOD SMALL STREAMS...LOW LYING AREAS...AND UNDERPASSES.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY.
THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY.
VETHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED IMMEDIATELY.
MOVE TO HIGH GROUND.
SPIESWhat 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 13, 3:20 AM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
320 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0120 AM MONTPELIER ND 50+ MPH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN
NO HAIL
0155 AM LITCHVILLE ND NICKLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
STRONG WIND.
0215 AM LISBON ND RADIO STATION REPORTED 62 MPH
WIND.
0235 AM GWINNER ND MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
0240 AM GILBY ND PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WIND.
0255 AM WYNDMERE ND MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WIND.
0310 AM FARGO ND 72 MPH WIND AT KVLY TV STATION
IN SOUTH FARGO
0312 AM FARGO ND 79 MPH WIND AT KVLY TV STATION
IN SOUTH FARGO
JEURISSENLocal storm report, Jul 13, 3:23 AM CDT, 57 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
320 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0120 AM MONTPELIER ND 50+ MPH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN
NO HAIL
0155 AM LITCHVILLE ND NICKLE TO GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL COVERING THE GROUND.
STRONG WIND.
0215 AM LISBON ND RADIO STATION REPORTED 62 MPH
WIND.
0235 AM GWINNER ND MARBLE SIZE HAIL.
0240 AM GILBY ND PEA SIZE HAIL AND STRONG WIND.
0255 AM WYNDMERE ND MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND STRONG
WIND.
0310 AM FARGO ND 72 MPH WIND AT KVLY TV STATION
IN SOUTH FARGO
0312 AM FARGO ND 79 MPH WIND AT KVLY TV STATION
IN SOUTH FARGO
JEURISSENSpecial weather statement, Jul 13, 3:45 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 345 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040-130945- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 340 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH CLAY AND WILKIN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN BECKER AND WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTIES BY 350 AM. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WINDS GUSTING OVER 75 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. && AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA MANY CITY STREETS BECAME FLOODED DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 1.16 OF RAIN FELL IN ONE HOUR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT HECTOR AIRPORT IN FARGO. PLEASE DUE NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS OR ROADS AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SPIES
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:51 AM CDT, 29 minutes before
SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 345 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040-130945- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 340 AM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 60 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH CLAY AND WILKIN COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WESTERN BECKER AND WESTERN OTTER TAIL COUNTIES BY 350 AM. THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WINDS GUSTING OVER 75 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. && AS THE STORMS PASSED THROUGH THE FARGO/MOORHEAD AREA MANY CITY STREETS BECAME FLOODED DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN. 1.16 OF RAIN FELL IN ONE HOUR AT THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT HECTOR AIRPORT IN FARGO. PLEASE DUE NOT ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED STREETS OR ROADS AND USE EXTREME CAUTION WHILE DRIVING. SPIES
Local storm report, Jul 13, 4:20 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
420 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
325 AM BARNESVILLE MN 40 FOOT ASH TREE DOWN
CLAY
350 AM SABIN MN 2.43 INCHES RAIN IN 11/2
CLAY HOUR. DAMAGING WINDS.
223 AM RUTLAND ND GRAIN BINS DESTROYED. 2
SARGENT VEHICLES TURNED OVER.(LATE)
400 AM HAWLEY MN TREE BLOWN THROUGH A HOUSE.
410 AM SABIN MN 24-30 FOOT TREES DOWN. MULTIPLE
CLAY POWER LINES DOWN. ROOF OFF
GARAGE. ROOF SHINGLES BLOWN OFF
HOUSES. ALL DEBRIS LAYING
EAST.
415 AM ND
BECKER NUMEROUS HOMES DAMAGED ACROSS
WESTERN BECKER COUNTY BETWEEN
345-400AM.
BENNETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 2:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Clay, Wilkin | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:35 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Beltrami, Hubbard | 55 min |
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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.