Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 156, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 13, 1995, 11:35 PM CDT for Olmsted County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 14, 1995, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Olmsted County, MN, Winona County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 153 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 KRST 140436 RRA SVRRST MNC109-169-140515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1135 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...EASTERN OLMSTED COUNTY...WINONA COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR ROCHESTER MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE DOVER...ST CHARLES AND LEWISTON. THE STORM SHOULD BE NEAR DOVER BY 1145 PM...IN LEWISTON BY 1200 AM AND IN WINONA BY 1215 AM. WIND GUSTS OF 70 MPH WERE REPORTED IN KASSON AT 11 PM. DIME SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED IN EYOTA AT 1128 PM. THE POWER IS OUT IN MOST OF THE CITY OF ROCHESTER. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AN OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD GET OFF THE ROAD AND FIND A SAFE SHELTER. &
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
Local storm report, Aug 13, 8:16 PM CDT, 3 hours 19 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, 1 hour 27 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, 1 hour 24 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
Local storm report, Aug 13, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
2215 KIESTER MN TREES DOWN
10 SW OF ALBERT LEA
MJMLocal storm report, Aug 13, 10:36 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1035 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
2215 KIESTER v MN TREES DOWN
10 SW OF ALBERT LEA
MJMLocal storm report, Aug 13, 11:10 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1110 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995
TIME(CDT) .....LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
2240 ALBERT LEA MN PARTIAL ROOF TAKEN
FREEBORN CNTY OFF PUMP HOUSE.
TREE DAMAGEThe 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, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 41 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 |
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.