Alert archive / North Dakota / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 28, 1996, 9:35 PM CDT for Pembina County, North Dakota. It was in force for 40 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, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 28, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pembina County, ND
The radar
The Fargo/Grand Forks radar (KMVX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:37 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind | Walhalla, 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 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 313 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
- 1765 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -37 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 971 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 216 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 282 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.2
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFAR 290236 TORFAR NDC067-290315- BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA ND 935 PM CDT FRI JUN 28 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA ...PEMBINA COUNTY AT 934 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO 11 MILES WEST OF CAVALIER NEAR CONCRETE...OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAFTON. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. A HAM RADIO SPOTTER REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD IN THIS AREA. THE TORNADO WILL REACH CAVALIER BY 955 PM. 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 YOURSELF WITH BLANKETS...PILLOWS OR CUSHIONS. JB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Towner | 32 min |
| Jun 28, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 30 min |
| Jun 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Cavalier | 46 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.