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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 5, 1996Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1996, 6:53 PM CDT for Marshall County, Polk County, Minnesota; Grand Forks County, North Dakota. It was in force for 37 min. 5 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: Jul 5, 1996, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 1996, 7:30 PM CDT
In force: 37 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties Marshall County, MN, Polk County, MN, Grand Forks County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where
Jul 5, 7:00 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Johnstown, ND
Jul 5, 7:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Climax, MN
Jul 5, 7:05 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Alverado, MN
Jul 5, 7:05 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Alverado, MN
Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT	Thunderstorm Wind	Grand Forks, 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

International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 262 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 527 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -203 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1054 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 74 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 103 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 052355
SVRFAR
MNC089-119-NDC035-060030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND
653 PM CDT FRI JUL 5 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN MARSHALL COUNTY...WESTERN POLK COUNTY
 
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN GRAND FORKS COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITY OF GRAND FORKS
 
AT 655 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTH OF
GRAND FORKS NEAR MANVEL MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH
OF THIS STORM ARE EAST GRAND FORKS...ALVARADO...AND TABOR. HIGH WINDS
AND LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE.
 
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO
PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
 
SCHUMACHER

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.