Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 71, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 7:39 AM CDT for Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 7:39 AM CDT (12:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 8:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Cottonwood County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 157 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
- 467 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -305 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 271241 RRA SVRFSD MNC033-271310- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 739 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 810 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...COTTONWOOD COUNTY AT 736 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS DETECTED BY SIOUX FALLS DOPPLER RADAR 25 MILES NORTH OF WORTHINGTON NEAR WESTBROOK MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF... WESTBROOK AROUND 745 AM CDT STORDEN AROUND 800 AM 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.
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 27, 4:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 4 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 SDZ004>011-016>023-036>040-052>056-058>062-064>067-271100- ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 CANCELED FOR PART OF THE STATE BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 HAS BEEN CANCELD FOR AREAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED. THE AREAS NO LONGER THREATENED ARE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A PARKER...MITCHELL...HURNON...AND GETTYSBURG LINE. COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 9 AM OR UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:01 AM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 4 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 SDZ004>011-016>023-036>040-052>056-058>062-064>067-271100- ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 CANCELED FOR PART OF THE STATE BUT REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND ALONG THE EASTERN BORDER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 HAS BEEN CANCELD FOR AREAS PREVIOUSLY INCLUDED. THE AREAS NO LONGER THREATENED ARE TO THE SOUTH AND WEST OF A PARKER...MITCHELL...JHURNON...AND GETTYSBURG LINE. COUNTIES TO THE NORTH AND EAST REMAIN IN THE WATCH AREA UNTIL 9 AM OR UNTIL THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OF YOUR LOCATION.
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:40 AM CDT, 59 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 640 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 SDZ004>011-016>023-036>040-052>056-058>062-064>067-271100- ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 CANCELED FOR SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE NORTHEAST AND EASTERN CENTRAL BORDER... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 866 HAS BEEN CANCELD FOR AREAS INCLUDED IN THE SOUTHEAST...INCLUDING SIOUX FALLS AND MADISON. THE AREA IS NO LONGER THREATENED BY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 AM CDT TO THE NORTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM BROOKINGS...HURON...AND MOBRIDGE. UMLAND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 33 min |
| Jul 27, 7:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 43 min |
| Jul 27, 7:21 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 29 min |
| Jul 27, 8:01 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 34 min |
| Jul 27, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 30 min |
| Jul 27, 8:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Cottonwood | 31 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.