Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1995, 5:08 AM CDT for Aitkin County, Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 13, 1995, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 1995, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Aitkin County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 189 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
- 7226 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -13 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 858 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 192 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.5
- Supercell composite
- 6.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDLH 131009 RRA SVRDLH MNC001-035-131115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 508 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...AITKIN COUNTY...CROW WING COUNTY AT 505 AM CDT...DULUTH RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHING FROM SQUAW LAKE...WHICH IS 39 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS...TO LEECH LAKE TO PEQUOT LAKES...WHICH IS 17 MILES NORTH OF BRAINERD. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE HILL CITY...CROSS LAKE...AITKIN AND BRAINERD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 60 TO 70 MILE AN HOUR WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN` SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. TAP/SES
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 2:59 AM CDT, 2 hours 9 minutes before
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 300 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 MNZ005-006-130900- NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WITH VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH FOR BOTH LAND AND LAKE. MNZ010-011-130900 NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY... .NOW... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM OVER BORDERLAND. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE 60S WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BOTH LAND AND LAKE. SCW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:00 AM CDT, 2 hours 8 minutes before
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 300 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 MNZ005-006-130900- NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WITH VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH FOR BOTH LAND AND LAKE. MNZ010-011-130900 NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY... .NOW... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM OVER BORDERLAND. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE 60S WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BOTH LAND AND LAKE. SCW
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:06 AM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
MNZ005-006-010-011-130900- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 300 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE REGION FOR THE REST OF THIS MORNING. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S WITH VARIABLE WINDS AROUND 10 MPH FOR BOTH LAND AND LAKE. NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY... .NOW... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10AM OVER BORDERLAND. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTING. READINGS WILL HOLD IN THE 60S WITH LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BOTH LAND AND LAKE. SCW NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:48 AM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MNZ005-006-131000- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 348 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... PLAN ON THUNDERSTORMS TO PUSH INTO STRATHCONA...ROSEAU AND WARROAD BY 500 AM. THESE STORMS CAN PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND RAINFALL UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR. BENTZIEN NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 3:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MNZ010-011-131100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 354 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY... .NOW... ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES THROUGH 10 AM CDT... PLAN ON THUNDERSTORMS TO PUSH INTO WESTERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY BY 530 AM. THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF PERIODS OF VERY HEAVY RAIN. BENTZIEN NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 13, 4:48 AM CDT, 20 minutes before
MNZ005-006-131100- SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 448 AM CDT THU JUL 13 1995 NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS TO END IN ROSEAU AND WARROAD BY 530 AM...AND IN BAUDETTE BY 600 AM. RAIN SHOWERS MAY LINGER THROUGH 700 AM. BENTZIEN NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 13, 4:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Itasca | 61 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 5:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 6:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 67 min |
| Jul 13, 6:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 65 min |
| Jul 13, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca, Saint Louis | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 6:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 7:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cook, Lake, Saint Louis | 63 min |
| Jul 13, 7:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 29 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.