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Tornado Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 22, 1995Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 1995, 11:17 AM CDT for Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1995, 11:17 AM CDT (16:17 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1995, 11:45 AM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Lake of the Woods County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 120 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 221617
TORINL
MNC077-221645-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
1117 AM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY
 
AT 1112 AM CDT...THE DEPARTMENT OF NATURAL RESOURCES IN WARROAD
REPORTED A WATERSPOUT OVER MUSKEG BAY OF LAKE OF THE WOODS...
4 MILES EAST OF THE TOWN OF WARROAD. THIS WATERSPOUT IS MOVING
EAST...AND WILL THREATEN THE TOWN OF ARNESEN AROUND 1125 AM.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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NNNN
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
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
Aug 22, 6:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRoseau15 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.