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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 22, 1995Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 22, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 22, 1995, 2:15 AM CDT (07:15 UTC)
Expired
Jun 22, 1995, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Martin County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 7.3 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 1995-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 227 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 00:00Z on 1995-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
227 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-24 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2368 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
6 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
90 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 220717 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC091-220800-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
215 AM CDT THU JUN 22 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  300 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...MARTIN COUNTY
 
AT 215 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WILBERT.
THIS STORM WILL MOVE TO NEAR FAIRMONT BY 230 AM AND TO NEAR TRUMAN BY
245 AM. THIS STORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG 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.
 
MITCHELL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 22, 4:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore30 min
Jun 22, 4:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Olmsted32 min
Jun 22, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns26 min
Jun 22, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore29 min
Jun 22, 5:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton28 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.