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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 4, 1995Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 4, 1995, 3:50 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 4, 1995, 3:50 PM CDT (20:50 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 1995, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
55 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, 8.8 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 1995-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1485 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 55 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1485 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-68 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
823 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
55 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 042051 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC047-013-042145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
350 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...FREEBORN COUNTY AND NORTHEAST BLUE EARTH COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR APPROACHING
WELLS...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA. THIS STORM HAS THE
CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO NEAR ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS
TO NEAR 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN ALDEN...MANCHESTER AND ARMSTRONG SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
1 follow-up statement
000 
TTAA00 KMSP 042053 RRB
SVRMSP
MNC047-043-042145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED  CORRECTION
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
350 PM CDT FRI AUG 4 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...FREEBORN COUNTY AND NORTHEAST FARIBAULT COUNTY
 
AT 350 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR APPROACHING
WELLS...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA. THIS STORM HAS THE
CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HAIL TO NEAR ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS
TO NEAR 60 MPH. PEOPLE IN ALDEN...MANCHESTER AND ARMSTRONG SHOULD SEEK
SHELTER INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
EDWARDS
 
...CORRECTION FOR COUNTY LOCATION TO FARIBAULT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 9:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey36 min
Aug 4, 4:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMower61 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.