Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 140, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 3:54 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 21 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 21 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meeker County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 TTAA00 KMSP 132055 RRA SVRMSP MNC093-132145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 354 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 445 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MEEKER COUNTY AT 355 PM... DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING LITCHFIELD. THE THUNDERSTROM WAS MOVING EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE LITCHFIELD...FOREST CITY...DARWIN... AND DASSEL. 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. FRANZEN
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, 4 hours 56 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, 4 hours 54 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, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 40 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.