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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 14, 1995Traverse County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT for Traverse County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 2:05 AM CDT (07:05 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Traverse County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1960 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 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1960 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1349 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 140705 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC155-140800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
205 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE WEST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      TRAVERSE

AT 205 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 45 MILES NORTH OF
WATERTOWN SOUTH DAKOTA...MOVING EAST AT 40 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

Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:25 AM CDT, 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
125 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004-
007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040-140730-
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...
AT 125 AM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES EAST
OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD CROSS INTO
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 230 PM...NEAR BROWNS VALLEY IN TRAVERSE
COUNTY.
OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST AND
&&
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
^
PERSONS NEAR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ANDERSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 14, 1:41 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
125 AM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995

NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004-
007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040-140730-
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA

.NOW...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY...
AT 125 AM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES EAST
OF ABERDEEN SOUTH DAKOTA MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
STRIKES AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD CROSS INTO
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA 230 PM...NEAR BROWNS VALLEY IN TRAVERSE
COUNTY.
OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHEAST AND
&&
CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.
^
PERSONS NEAR ANY OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.

ANDERSEN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 3:14 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGrant31 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.