Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 1, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 12, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT for Lake County, Saint Louis County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 12, 1995, 7:09 AM CDT (12:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Lake County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 152 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
- 3550 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -26 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 652 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.6
- Supercell composite
- 9.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDLH 121212 TORDLH MNC075-137-MNZ501-121245- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 709 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN LAKE COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN ST LOUIS COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. AT 705 AM CDT...LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED A TORNADO IN CENTRAL LAKES...WHICH IS 35 MILES NORTH OF DULUTH. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE TWO HARBORS AND CLIFTON. IN A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. TAP
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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 12, 2:57 AM CDT, 4 hours 12 minutes before
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 300 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 MNZ005-006-121100- NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY 6 AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH FOR BOTH LAND AND LAKE AS READINGS HOLD IN THE LOWER 70S. MNZ010-011-121400 NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY... .NOW... CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY 9AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. TEMPERATURES RISING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BY MID MORNING WITH SOUTHEAST WINDpS AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER LAND AND LAKE. SCW
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:00 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
SHORT TERM FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 300 AM CDT WED JUL 12 1995 MNZ005-006-121100- NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING ROSEAU...WARROAD...AND BAUDETTE... .NOW... SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO THE REGION BY 6 AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH FOR BOTH LAND AND LAKE AS READINGS HOLD IN THE LOWER 70S. MNZ010-011-121400 NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY... .NOW... CLOUDS WILL BE ON THE INCREASE THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS WITH SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING BY 9AM. SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG. TEMPERATURES RISING TO AROUND 80 DEGREES BY MID MORNING WITH SOUTHEAST WINDS AT 5 TO 10 MPH OVER LAND AND LAKE. SCW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing, Itasca | 57 min |
| Jul 12, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 58 min |
| Jul 12, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 62 min |
| Jul 12, 6:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Lake | 65 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.