Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 38, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 7:04 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 18, 1995, 7:04 PM CDT (00:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 18, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Koochiching County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 109 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -156 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 606 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 54 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 390 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 559 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 9.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KINL 190004 RRA SVRINL MNC071-190100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 704 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY AT 700 PM CDT...DULUTH RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ALONG THE KOOCHICHING COUNTY...BELTRAMI COUNTY BORDER...OR ABOUT 65 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN NORTHOME...GEMMELL... RIDGE...BIG FALLS...AND MARGIE ARE IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE VERY LARGE HAIL... DAMAGING WINDS...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. ALSO...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE` IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD 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. NNNN
What 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 18, 5:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
530 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
455 PM GRAND FORKS ND 60 MPH WINDS AT UNIVERSITY OF
08/18/95 GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA
525 PM FISHER MN PEA-MARBLE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
08/18/95 POLK RAIN...VERY STRONG WINDS.
540 PM POLK/PENNINGTON CO LINE MN FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
08/18/95 POLK/PENNINGTON PENNINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF
VOELKERSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 5:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 550 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>032-039-040-182350- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 530 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KITTSON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWARD TO AROUND CROOKSTON IN WESTERN POLK COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS RED LAKE ...PENNINGTON...EASTERN MARSHALL AND WEST ROSEAU COUNTIES OF NORTH- && WEST MINNESOTA BY 630 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A COUPLE OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING OVER THE WEST PORTION OF UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. BOATERS ON THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LAKES. && SPIES
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 5:56 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 550 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>032-039-040-182350- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 530 PM CDT...SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING NORTHEAST ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED OVER A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM EXTREME SOUTHEAST KITTSON COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWARD TO AROUND CROOKSTON IN WESTERN POLK COUNTY. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS RED LAKE ...PENNINGTON...EASTERN MARSHALL AND WEST ROSEAU COUNTIES OF NORTH- && WEST MINNESOTA BY 630 PM. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LARGE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A COUPLE OF STONG THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING OVER THE WEST PORTION OF UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. BOATERS ON THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR AS THESE STORMS MOVE EAST ACROSS THE LAKES. && SPIES
Local storm report, Aug 18, 6:33 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
530 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
455 PM GRAND FORKS ND 60 MPH WINDS AT UNIVERSITY OF
08/18/95 GRAND FORKS NORTH DAKOTA
525 PM FISHER MN PEA-MARBLE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
08/18/95 POLK RAIN...VERY STRONG W.INDS.
540 PM POLK/PENNINGTON CO LINE MN FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED BY
08/18/95 POLK/PENNINGTON PENNINGTON COUNTY SHERIFF
VOELKERSpecial weather statement, Aug 18, 6:40 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 640 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>032-039-040-190040- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 628 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE GENERALLY OVER AN AREA BETWEEN WARROAD AND BEMIDJI...FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE LOWER RED LAKE AND A FEW JUST SOUTWEST OF WARROAD. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. && BOATERS...ESPECIALLY ON THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING MOSTLY EAST AT AROUND 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PERSONS OVER BELTRAMI...EASTERN ROSEAU...EASTERN POLK AND NORTHERN CLEARWATER SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGH 730 PM. SPIES
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 6:46 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 640 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>032-039-040-190040- EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA .NOW... AT 628 PM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...A PORTION OF NORTHEAST AND EXTREME SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WHICH CONTAINED VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE GENERALLY OVER AN AREA BETWEEN WARROAD AND BEMIDJI...FROM JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE LOWER RED LAKE AND A FEW JUST SOUTWEST OF WARROAD. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO CONTAIN SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. && BOATERS...ESPECIALLY ON THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THESE THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING MOSTLY EAST AT AROUND 30 MHILES AN HOUR AND PERSONS OVER BELTRAMI...EASTERN ROSEAU...EASTERN POLK AND NORTHERN CLEARWATER SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER THROUGH 730 PM. SPIES
Nearby
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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.