Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1995, 12:41 AM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 9, 1995, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 1995, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 64 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrison County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 3218 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -142 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 571 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 311 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 679 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 3.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 090543 RRA SVRMSP MNC009-097-090645- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1241 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 145 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN BENTON COUNTY...SOUTHERN MORRISON COUNTY AT 1240 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF LITTLE FALLS MOVING TO THE EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE LITTLE FALLS...ELMDALE... ROYALTON...RICE AND JAKEVILLE. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT. MCBEATH PETERS
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, Aug 8, 8:45 PM CDT, 3 hours 56 minutes before
MNZ004>096-090200- TEST...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 845 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995 THIS IS ANOTHER TEST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA COMPUTER SYSTEM. ALL OTHERS PLEASE DISREGARD THIS TEST. THIS IS A TEST... TDK
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 8:47 PM CDT, 3 hours 54 minutes before
MNZ004>096-090200- TEST...SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...TEST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 845 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995 THIS IS ANOTHER TEST FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA ChOMPUTER SYSTEM. ALL OTHERS PLEASE DISREGARD THIS TEST. THIS IS A TEST... TDK
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 9:38 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
MNZ046-090345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BIG STONE COUNTY. RSTRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVED MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND THE COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH. JPR
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 9:39 PM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
MNZ046-090345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 939 PM CDT TUE AUG 8 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH FOR BIG STONE COUNTY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVED MOVED OFF TO THE NORTHEAST OF THE AREA AND THE COLD FRONT HAS ALREADY MOVED THROUGH. JPR
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:15 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
MNZ022-027-028-030>032-040-041-046>048-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1215 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 912 FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA CANCELLED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MAHNOMEN...BECKER...OTTER TAIL...WADENA...GRANT...DOUGLAS...STEVENS AND POPE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED OFF TO THE EAST OF THIS AREA. JM!
Special weather statement, Aug 9, 12:19 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNZ022-027-028-030>032-040-041-046>048-090600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1215 AM CDT WED AUG 9 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 912 FOR A PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE AREA CANCELLED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH INCLUDES THE COUNTIES OF MAHNOMEN...BECKER...OTTER TAIL...WADENA...GRANT...DOUGLAS...STEVENS AND POPE. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER HAS MOVED O<FF TO THE EAST OF THIS AREA. JM!
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.