Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at May 31, 1996, 7:27 PM CDT for Richland County, Sargent County, North Dakota. It was in force for 33 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
- May 31, 1996, 7:27 PM CDT (00:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 31, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Richland County, ND, Sargent County, ND
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 119 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:35 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Havana, ND | |
| May 31, 8:06 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lidgerwood, 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
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 167 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2345 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 770 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 257 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 340 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.5
- Supercell composite
- 16.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFAR 010029 TORFAR NDC077-081-010100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND 727 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ...SOUTHERN RICHLAND COUNTY...SARGENT COUNTY AT 725 PM CDT...A TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED AT HAVANNA...40 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WAHPETON...MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THIS TORNADIC THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE TO LIDGERWOOD BY 740 PM CDT. A REPORT OF ONE INCH HAIL HAS BEEN RECEIVED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM. 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 AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET. COVER YOURSELF 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 31, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Sargent | 27 min |
| May 31, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 30 min |
| May 31, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Richland | 35 min |
| May 31, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Richland | 19 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in North Dakota, 1996Every tornado warning in 1996Tornadoes 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.