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Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 13, 1995Beltrami County, Hubbard County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 13, 1995, 4:35 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Hubbard County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 13, 1995, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1995, 5:30 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Hubbard County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1995-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1293 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, International Fa, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1293 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-4 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
56 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.7

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 13, 2:28 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClay, Wilkin62 min
Jul 13, 4:20 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFClearwater, Mahnomen55 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.