Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 29, 1995, 8:54 AM CDT for Polk County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 29, 1995, 8:54 AM CDT (13:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 29, 1995, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 66 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Polk County, MN, Red Lake County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 234 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -272 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1463 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 67 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 117 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KFAR 291354
SVRFAR
MNC119-125-291500-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
854 AM CDT FRI SEP 29 1995
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
EASTERN POLK...EASTERN RED LAKE
AT 850 AM POLK COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL AT
ERSKINE MINNESOTA ALONG WITH HEAVY RAINS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE MOVING INTO THE
MC INTOCH AND FOSSTON AREA.
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.
NORDLANDWhat 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, Sep 29, 5:47 AM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
547 AM CDT FRI SEP 29 1995
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION.....STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
540 AM SH|ARON ND 0.50 INCH HAIL REPORTED
09/29/95 STEELE BY COOPERATIVE OBSERVER
GODONSpecial weather statement, Sep 29, 6:52 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 650 AM CDT FRI SEP 29 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004-007>009-013>017- 022>024-027>032-040-291250- BARNES-CASS-CAVALIER-CLAY-E BECKER-E MARSHALL-E OTTERTAIL-E POLK- GRAND FORKS-GRANT-GRIGGS-HUBBARD-KITTSON-MAHNOMEN-N BELTRAMI- N CLEARWATER-NELSON-NORMAN-PEMBINA-PENNINGTON-RANSOM-RED LAKE-RICHLAND- S BELTRAMI-S CLEARWATER-SARGENT-STEELE-TRAILL-W BECKER-W MARSHALL- W OTTERTAIL-W POLK-WADENA-WALSH-WILKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANGDON...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS/EAST GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO/MOORHEAD...LISBON...WAHPETON...CROOKSTON...HAWLEY... THIEF RIVER FALLS...FOSSTON...BEMIDJI...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... FERGUS FALLS...OTTERTAIL ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 625 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA BETWEEN HATTON AND LARIMORE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING MARBLE SIZE HAIL. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAIN ARE STILL POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND SHOULD MOVE NEAR THE CITIES GRAND FORKS...MANVEL AND THOMPSON BY 730 PM. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF NECESSARY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. JEURISSEN
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 7:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 750 AM CDT FRI SEP 29 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004-007>009-013>017- 022>024-027>032-040-291350- BARNES-CASS-CAVALIER-CLAY-E BECKER-E MARSHALL-E OTTERTAIL-E POLK- GRAND FORKS-GRANT-GRIGGS-HUBBARD-KITTSON-MAHNOMEN-N BELTRAMI- N CLEARWATER-NELSON-NORMAN-PEMBINA-PENNINGTON-RANSOM-RED LAKE-RICHLAND- S BELTRAMI-S CLEARWATER-SARGENT-STEELE-TRAILL-W BECKER-W MARSHALL- W OTTERTAIL-W POLK-WADENA-WALSH-WILKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANGDON...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS/EAST GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO/MOORHEAD...LISBON...WAHPETON...CROOKSTON...HAWLEY... THIEF RIVER FALLS...FOSSTON...BEMIDJI...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... FERGUS FALLS...OTTERTAIL ...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA... AT 725 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND HAD DEVELOPED IN EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN LARIMORE IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND TAMARAC REFUGE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF NECESSARY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STRONG T`HUNDERSTORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND HAD DEVELOPED IN SOUTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. JEURISSEN
Special weather statement, Sep 29, 8:51 AM CDT, 3 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 845 AM CDT FRI SEP 29 1995 NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-049-052-053-MNZ001>004-007>009-013>017- 022>024-027>032-040-291445- BARNES-CASS-CAVALIER-CLAY-E BECKER-E MARSHALL-E OTTERTAIL-E POLK- GRAND FORKS-GRANT-GRIGGS-HUBBARD-KITTSON-MAHNOMEN-N BELTRAMI- N CLEARWATER-NELSON-NORMAN-PEMBINA-PENNINGTON-RANSOM-RED LAKE-RICHLAND- S BELTRAMI-S CLEARWATER-SARGENT-STEELE-TRAILL-W BECKER-W MARSHALL- W OTTERTAIL-W POLK-WADENA-WALSH-WILKIN- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...LANGDON...GRAFTON... GRAND FORKS/EAST GRAND FORKS...COOPERSTOWN...MAYVILLE...VALLEY CITY... FARGO/MOORHEAD...LISBON...WAHPETON...CROOKSTON...HAWLEY... THIEF RIVER FALLS...FOSSTON...BEMIDJI...PARK RAPIDS...DETROIT LAKES... FERGUS FALLS...OTTERTAIL ...NUMEROUS STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE REGION... AT 825 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA MINNESOTA AND SPREAD INTO EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR OKLEE MINNESOTA SOUTHWEST TO HALSTAD AND THEN INTO NORTH DAKOTA AT AMENIA AND INTO THE NOME AREA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. HAIL ...GUSTY WIND...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE ALL POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER IF NECESSARY AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS ON THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...AND OVER MOST OF THE EASTERN PARTS OF NORTH DAKOTA AND THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF MINNESOTA. NORDLAND
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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.