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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 116, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 1995Dakota County, Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1995, 6:33 PM CDT for Dakota County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 6, 1995, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 1995, 7:07 PM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 26 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 1995-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 1995-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -45 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
660 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-45 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-44 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 062334 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC037-053-070015-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
633 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR BURNSVILLE.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 5 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH
INCLUDE BLOOMINGTON...BURNSVILLE...EAGAN...AND RICHFIELD.
 
THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING FUNNEL CLOUDS...HAIL AND DAMAGING
WINDS.
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 6:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright55 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.