Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1995, 11:15 AM CDT (16:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1995, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mower County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 11:50 AM CDT | Tornado F2 | Adams, MN | A tornado touched down in Adams and moved northeast touching down several times. Several buildings were damaged or destroyed. Many trees uprooted. A church in Adams lost its steeple and bell tower. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 147 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 KRST 271616 RRA SVRRST MNC039-099-271715- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1115 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...DODGE COUNTY...MOWER COUNTY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH DODGE AND MOWER COUNTIES UNTIL 1215PM. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CLAREMONT...AUSTIN... DODGE CENTER...AND WEST CONCORD. AT 1110AM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BETWEEN OWATONNA AND ALBERT LEA MOVE EAST AT 25 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 60 MPH WERE REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS IN OWATONNA. THE STORMS WILL BE NEAR CLAREMONT BY 1130AM...AUSTIN BY 1140AM...AND DODGE CENTER BY 1150AM. GO INDOORS NOW. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WIN4DS 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. &
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 56 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, 5 hours 45 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, 1 hour 35 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, 1 hour 29 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, 11:00 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
MNZ004>096-292100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1100 AM CDT THU JUL 27 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE LATE TONIGHT IN THE NORTHWEST... THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND INTENSIFY THIS EVENING IN NORTH DAKOTA. THE STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO ENTER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT...AND THEY COULD BE SEVERE. THE THREAT AREA FOR LATE TONIGHT IS ALONG AND NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM INTERNATIONAL FALLS TO PARK RAPIDS...TO DETROIT LAKES. DAMAGING WINDS WILL LIKELY BE THE MAIN HAZARD. FOR SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...MORE SEVERE WEATHER MIGHT OCCUR OVER MUCH OF MINNESOTA...BUT IT IS TOO SOON TO DETERMINE EXACTLY WHERE AND WHEN. KRAUSE
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, 10:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 47 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 | 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.