Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 105, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 10:28 AM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 10:28 AM CDT (15:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Faribault County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 134 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 KMSP 271530 RRA SVRMSP MNC043-271615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1028 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...FARIBAULT COUNTY AT 1027 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM BETWEEN WINNEBAGO AND BLUE EARTH...OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AND SOUTHEAST...AND WILL AFFECT BLUE EARTH...BRICELYN... AND BRUSH CREEK THROUGH 1115 AM. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION... BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE THE PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TDK
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, 5:19 AM CDT, 5 hours 9 minutes before
MNZ004>096-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 530 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA TODAY... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICTATES THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MINNESOTA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE DAKOTAS MOVE INTO THE EXTREME WEST BY 6 AM THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REST OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD TODAY IT WILL LIKELY DEVELOP MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE AND SOME WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADIC ACTIVITY ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND ALL PERSONS IN ...LOCATIXON... SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TIPTON/RICHARDSON
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 5:30 AM CDT, 4 hours 58 minutes before
MNZ004>096-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 530 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA TODAY... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICTATES THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MUCH OF MINNESOTA TODAY. A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE STATE TODAY. THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO AN UNSTABLE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MINNESOTA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE MAINLY IN WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS MORNING AS STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE DAKOTAS MOVE INTO THE EXTREME WEST BY 6 AM THIS MORNING. THESE STORMS WILL LIKELY WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE EAST ACROSS THE REST OF MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. AS THE COLD FRONT MOVES EASTWARD TODAY IT WILL LIKELY DEVELOP MORE THUNDERSTORMS IN THE CENTRAL PART OF THE STATE. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE EASTWARD ACROSS THE STATE AND SOME WILL LIKELY BECOME SEVERE WITH TORNADIC ACTIVITY ALSO POSSIBLE. THE MOST LIKELY AREAS FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON WILL BE IN EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDNESS REQUIREMENTS AND ALL PERSONS IN ...LOCATION... SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. TIPTON/RICHARDSON
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:40 AM CDT, 48 minutes before
MNZ039>096-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 940 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 940 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 868 FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA NO LONGER IN THIS WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO MARSHALL. THOSE COUNTIES STILL IN THE WATCH INCLUDE... ...CENTRAL... BENTON WRIGHT MCLEOD MEEKER RENVILLE SHERBURNE SIBLEY STEARNS < ...EAST CENTRAL... ANOKA CARVER DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI SOUTHERN MILLE LACS RAMSEY SCOTT ...SOUTHWEST... COTTONWOOD JACKSON REDWOOD ROCK MURRAY NOBLES PIPESTONE ...SOUTH CENTRAL... BLUE EARTH BROWN FARIBAULT FREEBORN LE SUEUR MARTIN NICOLLET RICE STEELE WASECA WATONWAN ...SOUTHEAST... DODGE MOWER WH
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 9:46 AM CDT, 42 minutes before
MNZ039>096-271530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 940 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 940 AM...THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 868 FOR PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA NO LONGER IN THIS WATCH IS WEST OF A LINE FROM ALEXANDRIA TO WILLMAR TO MARSHALL. THOSE COUNTIES STILL IN THE WATCH INCLUDE... ...CENTRAL... BENTON WRIGHT MCLEOD MEEKER RENVILLE SHERBURNE SIBLEY STEARNS < ...EAST CENTRAL... ANOKA CARVER DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI SOUTHERN MILLE LACS RAMSEY SCOTT ...SOUTHWEST... COTTONWOOD JACKSON REDWOOD ROCK MURRAY NOBLES PIPESTONE ...SOUTH CENTRAL... BLUE EARTH BROWN FARIBAULT FREEBORN LE SUEUR MARTIN NICOLLET RICE STEELE WASECA WATONWAN ...SOUTHEAST... DODGE MOWER WH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 7:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 8:05 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 25 min |
| Jul 27, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 38 min |
| Jul 27, 8:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 64 min |
| Jul 27, 8:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 41 min |
| Jul 27, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 62 min |
| Jul 27, 9:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jul 27, 9:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 46 min |
| Jul 27, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| Jul 27, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 60 min |
| Jul 27, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 39 min |
| Jul 27, 11:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 31 min |
| Jul 27, 12:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore | 51 min |
| Jul 27, 3:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha, Winona | 20 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.