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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

July 25, 1995Murray County, Nobles County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 4:51 PM CDT for Murray County, Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 4:51 PM CDT (21:51 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 5:40 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Murray County, MN, Nobles County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 205 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 252153 RRA
SVRFSD
MNC101-105-252240-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
451 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 540 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

   ...SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY
   ...NORTHERN NOBLES COUNTY
 
AT 449 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY SIOUX FALLS
DOPPLER RADAR 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON  OR 2 MILES NORTHWEST
OF ST KILLIAN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 28 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
ST KILLIAN               AROUND 455 PM CDT
WILMONT                  AROUND 503 PM CDT
IONA                     AROUND 509 PM CDT
WIROCK                   AROUND 512 PM CDT
PFINGSTEN                AROUND 513 PM CDT
SLAYTON                  AROUND 518 PM CDT
FULDA                    AROUND 521 PM CDT
AVOCA                    AROUND 521 PM CDT
LIME CREEK               AROUND 527 PM CDT
KINBRAE                  AROUND 532 PM CDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

MED

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock50 min
Jul 25, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood, Jackson48 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.