Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 24, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 2, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT for Pembina County, North Dakota; Kittson County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 2, 1995, 8:43 PM CDT (01:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 1995, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kittson County, MN, Pembina County, ND
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 285 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFAR 030143 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC067-MNC069-030245-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
843 PM CDT WED AUG 2 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
PEMBINA...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
KITTSON...
AT 835 PM CDT...FARGO WEATHER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
OVER KITTSON AND PEMBINA COUNTIES. THE KITTSON COUNTY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENT REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL JUST WEST OF HALLOCK. THESE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND
WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF MOUNTIAN...CONCRETE...HALLOCK...ROBBIN...
AND LAKE BRONSON THROUGH 945 PM CDT.
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.
JEURISSENWhat 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, Aug 2, 8:13 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
815 PM CDT WED AUG 2 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0613 PM HOOPLE ND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
08/02/95 WALSH REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM HOOPLE ND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
08/02/95 WALSH A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
0630 PM HALLOCK MN FUNNEL CLOUD AND A BRIEF
08/02/95 KITTSON TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST NORTH
OF HALLOCK
0703 PM DRAYTON ND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS
08/02/95 PEMBINA PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN
DRAYTON AND A WIND GUST TO
45 MPH
0720 PM ROBBIN MN PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
KITTSON REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0728 PM KENNEDY MN PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A
08/02/95 KITTSON COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
0737 PM DRAYTON ND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED
08/02/95 PEMBINA A WIND GUST OF 46 MPH AND
1.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE
HOUR
GODONLocal storm report, Aug 2, 8:15 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
815 PM CDT WED AUG 2 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0613 PM HOOPLE ND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL
08/02/95 WALSH REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0615 PM HOOPLE ND PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY
08/02/95 WALSH A COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
0630 PM HALLOCK MN FUNNEL CLOUD AND A BRIEF
08/02/95 KITTSON TORNADO TOUCHDOWN JUST NORTH
OF HALLOCK
0703 PM DRAYTON ND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTS
08/02/95 PEMBINA PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN
DRAYTON AND A WIND GUST TO
45 MPH
0720 PM ROBBIN MN PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN
KITTSON REPORTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
0728 PM KENNEDY MN PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED BY A
08/02/95 KITTSON COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
0737 PM DRAYTON ND COOPERATIVE OBSERVER REPORTED
08/02/95 PEMBINA A WIND GUST OF 46 MPH AND
1.10 INCHES OF RAIN IN ONE
HOUR
GODONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 9:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Walsh | 60 min |
| Aug 2, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Grand Forks | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 38 min |
| Aug 2, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Roseau | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Polk | 69 min |
| Aug 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Pennington, Red Lake | 65 min |
| Aug 2, 10:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1995Severe 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.