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Tornado Warning 19, NWS Grand Forks, ND

July 28, 1996Benson County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jul 28, 1996, 5:36 PM CDT for Benson County, North Dakota. It was in force for 24 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: Jul 28, 1996, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 28, 1996, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 24 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

County Benson County, ND

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Jul 28, 5:39 PM CDT	Hail 1	Esmond, ND
Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDT	Hail 1	Harlow, 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, 10.6 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-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: 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 282237
TORFAR
NDC005-282300-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND
536 PM CDT SUN JUL 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...BENSON COUNTY
 
AT 535 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE 2 TORNADOS. THE
FIRST TORNADO WAS LOCATED JUST TO THE WEST OF CHURCHS FERRY...OR 30
MILES NORTHWEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THE OTHER WAS LOCATED ONE MILE NORTH OF
MADDOCK...OR 35 MILES WEST OF DEVILS LAKE. THESE TWO STORMS ARE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MADDOCK AND CHURCHS
FERRY.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR UNDER STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
IN A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET.  COVER YOUNRSELF
WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS.
 
NG

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 28, 4:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Towner	25 min
Jul 28, 4:35 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Towner	25 min
Jul 28, 4:48 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Towner	27 min
Jul 28, 4:53 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson	37 min
Jul 28, 5:07 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Benson	33 min
Jul 28, 5:31 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	FGF	Ramsey	29 min
Jul 28, 6:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Benson	28 min
Jul 28, 6:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Eddy	43 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	FGF	Eddy	33 min
Jul 28, 6:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Eddy	33 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.