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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 8, 1995Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 8, 1995, 6:28 PM CDT for Barnes County, Cass County, North Dakota. It was in force for 62 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 8, 1995, 6:28 PM CDT (23:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 8, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Barnes County, ND, Cass County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 232 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1995-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4078 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 12:00Z on 1995-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 104 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
4078 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-121 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
560 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
104 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
257 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.6
Supercell composite
2.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 082328 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC003-017-090030-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
628 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      EASTERN BARNES...WESTERN CASS

THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PAGE...BUFFALO...AND TOWER
CITY.

AT 625 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING NEAR
VALLEY CITY NORTH DAKOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.  IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH...PREPARE FOR
DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  PEOPLE OUTSIDE
SHOULD MOVE TO SHELTER...PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING.  ONCE
INSIDE...STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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.

EWENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 6:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRansom, Sargent56 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 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.