Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 139, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 2:49 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 3:29 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 109 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMSP 131949 RRA SVRMSP MNC067-129-132045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 249 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 345 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY...RENVILLE COUNTY AT 248 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCAT FROM 15 MPH NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR...TO 5 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT SACRED HEART...RENVILLE...BLOMKEST...WILLMAR...AND SUNBERG. 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
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 13, 10:58 AM CDT, 3 hours 51 minutes before
MNZ004>096-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1100 AM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED IN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE WARM FRONT...THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH TODAY. IN ADDITION..A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THESE WEATHER FEATURES WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN YESTERDAY. IT APPEARS THAT CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH MOST OF MINNESOTA COULD EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AT THE PRESENT TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE FOUND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT MOORHEAD TO NEAR DULUTH AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL TO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDENESS REQUIREMENTS AND ALL PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 11:00 AM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
MNZ004>096-132100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1100 AM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED IN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A GOOD CHANCE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. THE WARM FRONT...THAT HAS BEEN CAUSING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS WILL MOVE A LITTLE FARTHER NORTH TODAY. IN ADDITION..A STRONG COLD FRONT WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. THESE WEATHER FEATURES WILL INCREASE THE CHANCES OF SEVERE WEATHER LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MORE WIDESPREAD THAN YESTERDAY. IT APPEARS THAT CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL BE UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER...ALTHOUGH MOST OF MINNESOTA COULD EXPERIENCE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS BEFORE THE COLD FRONT PUSHES THROUGH LATE TONIGHT. AT THE PRESENT TIME...THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER SHOULD BE FOUND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM ABOUT MOORHEAD TO NEAR DULUTH AND NORTH OF A LINE FROM MARSHALL TO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT PERSONNEL SHOULD CHECK PREPAREDENESS REQUIREMENTS AND ALL PERSONS SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO THE LATEST FORECASTS AND STATEMENTS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 32 min |
| Aug 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 21 min |
| Aug 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 27 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.