Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 11, 1995, 6:01 AM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 11, 1995, 6:01 AM CDT (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 11, 1995, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 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, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 111104 RRA SVRMSP MNC093-145-111145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 601 AM CDT FRI AUG 11 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MEEKER COUNTY...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 600 AM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 40 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD...NEAR SAUK CENTER...TO JUST NORTH OF WILLMAR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 50 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 75 MPH ARE POSSIBLE. CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE...ALBANY...PAYNESVILLE...AVON... COLD SPRING...CROW RIVER...AND LITCHFIELD. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH THE ST CLOUD AREA AROUND 645 AM. TAKE SHELTER NOW! WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. CARSTENS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 11, 4:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 33 min |
| Aug 11, 4:49 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 41 min |
| Aug 11, 5:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 42 min |
| Aug 11, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 31 min |
| Aug 11, 5:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 45 min |
| Aug 11, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 57 min |
| Aug 11, 6:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 35 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.