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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 22, 1995Roseau County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 22, 1995, 6:37 PM CDT for Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 15 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1995, 6:37 PM CDT (23:37 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1995, 6:52 PM CDT
In force
15 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Roseau County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 58 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1698 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
58 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
114 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 222337 RRA
SVRINL
MNC135-220000-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
637 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA

   ...SOUTHERN ROSEAU COUNTY

AT 635 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SKIME OR   
28 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WARROAD. SPOTTERS JUST NORTH OF THE TOWN      
OF SKIME REPORTED QUARTER SIZE HAIL. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST      
AT 30 MPH.                                                      

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.


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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 11:17 AM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods28 min
Aug 22, 12:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching45 min
Aug 22, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching52 min
Aug 22, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau22 min

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.