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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 119, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 1995Morrison County, Minnesota

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3218 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 00:00Z on 1995-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 311 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton42 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.