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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 137, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 13, 1995Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 1:57 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 13, 1995, 1:57 PM CDT (18:57 UTC)
Expired
Aug 13, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 152 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:57 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

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 188 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1795 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 1995-08-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -6 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1795 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-149 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
514 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-6 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 131858 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC073-173-131930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
157 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
 
AT 155 PM...60 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN CANBY...OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF MONTEVIDEO. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT THE TOWNS OF BOYD...CLARKSFIELD...DAWSON. TAKE SHELTER NOW.
 
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.
 
&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 12, 8:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey27 min
Aug 13, 2:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood42 min
Aug 13, 2:43 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift32 min
Aug 13, 2:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville40 min
Aug 13, 3:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker21 min
Aug 13, 5:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin26 min
Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti37 min
Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Ramsey37 min
Aug 13, 5:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington27 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.