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Tornado Warning 7, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 9, 1995Koochiching County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 9, 1995, 8:40 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 9, 1995, 8:40 PM CDT (01:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 9, 1995, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Koochiching County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 1.7 hours before the alert went out and 51 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 1995-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 1995-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 79 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
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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KINL 100140
TORINL
MNC071-100215-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
840 PM CDT SUN JUL 9 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY
 
AT 840 PM...SPOTTERS REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO JUST NORTHEAST OF
INTERNATIONAL FALLS NEAR THE TOWN OF RANIER. THIS STORM IS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. AREAS IN THE DIRECT PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE
RANIER...ERICSBURG...BLACK BAY OF RAINY LAKE...AND ALL OF LAKE
KABETOGAMA. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD MOVE UNDER COVER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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 BLjANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 9, 7:00 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson30 min
Jul 9, 7:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau34 min
Jul 9, 7:30 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFKittson30 min
Jul 9, 7:53 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau37 min
Jul 9, 8:16 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFMarshall59 min
Jul 9, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods35 min

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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.