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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 28, 1996Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1996, 5:07 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 min. 3 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 28, 1996, 5:07 PM CDT (22:07 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 1996, 5:40 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Benson County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 28, 5:10 PM CDTHail 1Esmond, ND
Jul 28, 5:30 PM CDTHail 1Leeds, ND
Jul 28, 5:39 PM CDTHail 1Esmond, 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 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3 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 12:00Z on 1996-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 78 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
3 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-240 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1075 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
78 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 4:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner25 min
Jul 28, 4:35 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFTowner25 min
Jul 28, 4:48 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFTowner27 min
Jul 28, 4:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson37 min
Jul 28, 5:31 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFRamsey29 min
Jul 28, 5:36 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFBenson24 min
Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBenson28 min
Jul 28, 6:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy43 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningFGFEddy33 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFEddy33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.