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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 11, 1995Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 11, 1995, 5:45 AM CDT (10:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 11, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 110 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 1995-08-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1599 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 1995-08-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 42 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
1599 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-79 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
943 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
67 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 111047 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC067-145-111130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
545 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY...WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY
 
AT 545 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
LOCATED FROM 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR TO 15 MILES SOUTH OF
ALEXANDRIA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST 50 MPH. CITIES IN
THE PATH INCLUDE...WILLMAR...SIBLEY STATE PARK...BELGRADE AND SAUK
CENTER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING 60 MPH 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.
 
CARSTENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 11, 4:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle33 min
Aug 11, 4:49 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens, Swift41 min
Aug 11, 5:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope42 min
Aug 11, 5:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift31 min
Aug 11, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Stearns44 min
Aug 11, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright57 min
Aug 11, 6:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne35 min

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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.