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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 28, 1996Towner County, North Dakota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1996, 7:58 PM CDT for Towner County, North Dakota. It was in force for 32 min. 1 report 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 28, 1996, 7:58 PM CDT (00:58 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

County Towner County, ND

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 28, 8:05 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 70Rock Lake, 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, 1.0 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 1996-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1931 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 1996-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1931 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1504 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFAR 290059
TORFAR
NDC095-290130-
 
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND
758 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN NORTH CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA
 
   ...TOWNER COUNTY
 
AT 755 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH
OF ROLLA...OR 60 MILES WEST OF LANGDON...MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH.
THIS STORM WILL PASS BETWEEN THE CITIES OF BISBEE AND HANSBORO.
 
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 BASEMtENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
IN A SMALL 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier30 min
Jun 28, 8:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFCavalier46 min
Jun 28, 9:35 PM CDTTornado WarningFGFPembina40 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.