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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Grand Forks, ND

August 22, 1995Marshall County, Pennington County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Aug 22, 1995, 7:24 PM CDT for Marshall County, Pennington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 22, 1995, 7:24 PM CDT (00:24 UTC)
Expired
Aug 22, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, MN, Pennington County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 218 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 1995-08-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 948 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 1995-08-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 249 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
948 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-146 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1126 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
249 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
597 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
16.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 230026
TORFAR
MNC089-113-230100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
724 PM CDT TUE AUG 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN FARGO HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...EASTERN PENNINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER
FALLS MINNESOTA OR NEAR THE AGASSIZ REFUGE...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30
MILES AN HOUR.
 
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.
EWENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 22, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPennington, Polk, Red Lake61 min
Aug 22, 7:59 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater61 min
Aug 22, 8:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKoochiching44 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.