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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 12, 1986Carver County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 12, 1986, 7:33 PM CDT for Carver County, Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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 12, 1986, 7:33 PM CDT (00:33 UTC)
Expired
Jul 12, 1986, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
57 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 12, 7:41 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 0Hennepin, MN
Jul 12, 8:00 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Hennepin, MN
Jul 12, 8:38 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 52Hennepin, MN

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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 3 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1986-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 457 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1986-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 52 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
457 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-19 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1227 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
52 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 130033
SVRMSP
MNC019-053-139-130130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
733 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 8:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey45 min
Jul 12, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca59 min
Jul 12, 9:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur59 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.