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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 2, 1995Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1995, 7:07 PM CDT for Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 2, 1995, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 2, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Roseau County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 186 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 307 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-08-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 98 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
307 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-293 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1452 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
98 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
133 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 KINL 030007 RRA
SVRINL
MNC135-030045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
707 PM CDT WED AUG 2 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY
 
AT 705 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS JUST SOUTH
OF CARIBOU IN KITTSON COUNTY OR 61 MILES WEST OF WARROAD. THIS STORM
IS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS NORTHWEST ROSEAU COUNTY
THROUGH 740 PM.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE HAUG...ROSS...AND PINECREEK.
 
PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER...
PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE TORNADOES.
 
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 2, 8:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKittson62 min
Aug 2, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau64 min
Aug 2, 9:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall61 min
Aug 2, 10:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk69 min
Aug 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake65 min
Aug 2, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFMarshall65 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.