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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Grand Forks, ND

September 4, 1995Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1995, 7:01 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 4, 1995, 7:01 PM CDT (00:01 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1995, 7:30 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 77 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 00:00Z on 1995-09-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1140 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, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-09-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 94 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
1140 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-25 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1599 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
94 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
121 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KINL 050001 RRA
SVRINL
MNC071-077-050030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
701 PM CDT MON SEP 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONSS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY
   ...EASTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
 
AT 655 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING ACROSS EASTERN LAKE OF
THE WOODS COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AROUND 20
MPH...AND HAD PRODUCED WINDS IN EXCESS OF 58 MPH IN BAUDETTE.
 
RESIDENTS OF CARP...CLEMENSTON...AND BORDER...CAN EXPECT GUSTY WINDS IN
EXECESS OF 50 MPH...HEAVY RAIN..AND SMALL HAIL...THROUGH 730 PM CDT.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERI&OR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.
 
 
BENTZIEN
 
NNNN

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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.