Alert archive / North Dakota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 4:54 PM CDT for Grand Forks County, North Dakota; Polk County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1995, 4:54 PM CDT (21:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1995, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Trail, MN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 281 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
- 415 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NDC035-MNC119-182300-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
454 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
EASTERN GRAND FORKS...THE CITY OF GRAND FORKS...
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
WESTERN POLK...
AT 450 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF GRAND FORKS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE GRAND FORKS AREA BY 530 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 WITbH 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.
VOELKERWhat 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, Aug 18, 3:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 330 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040- 182145- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... ...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA... AT 326 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 105 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA NEAR MICHIGAN IN NORTH NELSON COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO FORDVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL WALSH COUNTY BY 415PM. && OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE CANDADIAN SIDE OF LAKE OF THE WOODS. THE AREA WAS ABOUT 285 MILES WIDE. && CAVALIER AND PEMBINA COUNTIES HAVE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8-10 INCHES TODAY. THESE AREAS HAVE NUMEROUS SECONDARY COUNTY ROADS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE AND/OR UNSAFE FOR TRAVEL. BEFORE TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS...CONTACT THE COUNTY SHERIFF FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ROAD CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BENNETT
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 3:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 330 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040- 182145- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... ...HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER THE AREA... AT 326 PM CDT A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 105 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA NEAR MICHIGAN IN NORTH NELSON COUNTY NORTH DAKOTA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS STORM SHOULD MOVE TO FORDVILLE IN SOUTH CENTRAL WALSH COUNTY BY 415PM. && OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...SEVERAL WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF EAST NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO THE CANDADIAN SIDE OF LAKE OF THE WOODS. THE AREA WAS ABOUT 285 MILES WIDE. && CAVALIER AND PEMBINA COUNTIES HAVE ACCUMULATED RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 8-10 INCHES TODAY. THESE AREAS HAVE NUMEROUS SECONDARY COUNTY ROADS THAT ARE IMPASSABLE AND/OR UNSAFE FOR TRAVEL. BEFORE TRAVELING IN THESE AREAS...CONTACT THE COUNTY SHERIFF FOR INFORMATION REGARDING ROAD CONDITIONS. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. BENNETT
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:45 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 445 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040-182245- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 427 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WHICH CONTAINED VERY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER A 15 MILE WIDE AREA WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE RED RIVER 30 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH OF FINLEY IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. && PERSONS OVER GRAND FORKS...NORTHERN STEELE...NORTHERN TRAILL AND WALSH COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. && SPIES
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 4:54 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 445 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039-040-182245- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 427 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS SOME WHICH CONTAINED VERY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER PARTS OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER A 15 MILE WIDE AREA WHICH EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE RED RIVER 30 MILES NORTH OF GRAND FORKS IN EXTREME NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA TO SOUTH OF FINLEY IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. VERY HEAVY RAIN HAS OCCURRED WITH THESE STORMS OVER THE LAST SEVERAL HOURS. && PERSONS OVER GRAND FORKS...NORTHERN STEELE...NORTHERN TRAILL AND WALSH COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST AND EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA MAY EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN BETWEEN 5 AND 6 PM. GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH DANGEROUS LIfGHTNING AND LARGE HAIL MAY ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. && SPIES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall, Pennington | 60 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.