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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 2, 1995Pembina County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1995, 5:55 PM CDT for Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 65 min.

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The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1995, 5:55 PM CDT (22:55 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Pembina County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 313 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-08-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, International Fa, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-08-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
135 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 022255 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC067-030000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
555 PM CDT WED AUG 2 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      PEMBINA

AT 0550 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL
PEMBINA COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVING EAST NORTHEASDT AT 35 MPH AND COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM
ARE CAVALIER AND PEMBINA NORTH DAKOTA.

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.

ANDERSEN

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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.