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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 43, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 2, 1995Sargent County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 2, 1995, 3:46 AM CDT for Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 59 min.

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The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1995, 3:46 AM CDT (08:46 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1995, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Sargent County, ND

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 147 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1342 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 83 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1342 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-33 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1682 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
83 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
131 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 020846 RRA
SVRFAR
NDC081-020945-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
346 AM CDT SAT SEP 2 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTY

   IN THE SOUTHEAST PART OF NORTH DAKOTA
      SARGENT

AT 343 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 45 TO 55 MILES
SOUTH OF VALLEY CITY NEAR GWINNER AND FORMAN. GOLF BALL SIZED
HAIL WAS REPORTED AT GWINNER. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR.

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.

VOELKER

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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.