Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 9, 1995, 7:21 PM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 9, 1995, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 9, 1995, 7:55 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:40 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Warroad, MN | Tornado touched down in open farmland and moved southwest. No structural damage reported. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -60 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1588 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 79 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KINL 100021 RRA SVRINL MNC077-135-100055- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 721 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 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 ...WESTERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ...EASTERN ROSEAU COUNTY AT 715 PM CDT...SPOTTERS IN THE TOWN OF WARROAD REPORTED WINDS TO 60 MPH IN ASSOCIATION WITH MARBLE SIZE HAIL. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE WARROAD...SWIFT...AND ROOSEVELT THROUGH 745 PM. 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
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 9, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Kittson | 30 min |
| Jul 9, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 37 min |
| Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Marshall | 59 min |
| Jul 9, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 35 min |
| Jul 9, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.