Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 9:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey | 36 min |
| Aug 4, 4:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 61 min |
Nearby
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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.