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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 6, 1995Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1995, 5:34 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 6, 1995, 5:34 PM CDT (22:34 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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 1995-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 33 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 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
33 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-50 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
694 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 062244 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC043-047-062330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
534 PM CDT TUE JUN 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN FARIBAULT COUNTY
   ...SOUTHWESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE TOWN OF BLUE EARTH
OR 35 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO...GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT 530 P
THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF TH
STORM ARE BRICELYN AND FROST IN FAIRBOLT AND MANSFIELD IN FREEBORN.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
 
TIPTON
 
 
&

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 6, 2:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright48 min
Jun 6, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth41 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.