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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 18, 1996Towner County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 18, 1996, 11:10 PM CDT for Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
Jun 18, 1996, 11:10 PM CDT (04:10 UTC)
Expired
Jun 18, 1996, 11:45 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Towner County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 18, 11:35 PM CDTTornado F0Cando, ND
Jun 18, 11:45 PM CDTHail 1Cando, ND

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.

The nearest sounding before it

Bismarck Municip, ND (KBIS), launched 00:00Z, 4.2 hours before the alert went out and 239 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1996-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1871 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, Bismarck Municip, ND at 00:00Z on 1996-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 22 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
1871 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-35 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1103 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 190411
SVRFAR
NDC095-190445-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND
1110 PM CDT TUE JUN 18 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN TOWNER COUNTY
 
AT 1110 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF BISBEE OR 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THE STORM WAS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
 
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF CANDO AROUND 1135 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND OVER 57 MPH...HAIL
3/4 INCH IN DIAMETER OR LARGER...TORNADOES...DEADLY
LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  MOVE TO A SMALL INTERIOR
ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 10:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson31 min
Jun 19, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFRamsey, Towner33 min
Jun 19, 1:58 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner32 min
Jun 19, 2:30 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner30 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in North Dakota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.