Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 152, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 10:19 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 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 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 1246 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -30 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 622 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 63 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 146 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 294 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.4
- Supercell composite
- 8.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 140320 RRA SVRMSP MNC047-140400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1019 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...FREEBORN COUNTY AT 1015 PM...TREES WERE REPORTED DOWN IN KIESTER ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA. DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED THAT THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF MANSFIELD...CONGER...TWIN LAKES...AND ALBERT LEA. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. 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. MJM/DWE &
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, 7:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
MNZ004>096-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 715 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED MORE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 936. THE AREA LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR RED WING...TO NEAR FARIBAULT AND ALBERT LEA IS STILL UNDER THE WATCH. THE COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH ARE...RICE....GOODHUE...WABASHA... WINONA....OLMSTED...DODGE...STEELE...WASECA...FREEBORzN...MOWER... FILLMORE AND HOUSTON. THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 7:15 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
MNZ004>096-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 715 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED MORE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 936. THE AREA LOCATED EAST OF A LINE FROM NEAR RED WING...TO NEAR FARIBAULT AND ALBERT LEA IS STILL UNDER THE WATCH. THE COUNTIES REMAINING IN THE WATCH ARE...RICE....GOODHUE...WABASHA... WINONA....OLMSTED...DODGE...STEELE...WASECA...FREEBORN...MOWER... FILLMORE AND HOUSTON. THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. DWE
Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 4 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
1800 BURNS TOWNSHIP MN HOUSE DAMAGE
ANOKA/HENNEPIN CNTY
BORDER
MMFLocal storm report, Aug 13, 8:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 3 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
815 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
1800 BURNS TOWNSHIP 2 MN HOUSE DAMAGE
ANOKA/HENNEPIN CNTY
BORDER
MMFSpecial weather statement, Aug 13, 10:08 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ004>096-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1008 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 939 CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 939 NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWING TO MANKATO TO WORTHINGTON. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH. SOME CITIES STILL IN THE TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 3 AM INCLUDE ROCHESTER...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...JACKSON...ALBERT LEA...WABASHA AND WINONA. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 13, 10:11 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MNZ004>096-140300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1008 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 939 CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH 939 NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWING TO MANKATO TO WORTHINGTON. THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH. SOME CITIES STILL IN THE TORNADO WATCH VALID UNTIL 3 AM INCLUDE ROCHESTER...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...JACKSON...ALBERT LEA...WABASHA AND WINONA. DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 13, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha, Winona | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 9:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 31 min |
| Aug 13, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 34 min |
| Aug 13, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 10:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 36 min |
| Aug 13, 11:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 11:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Winona | 40 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.