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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 157, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 18, 1995Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 18, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 17 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 18, 1995, 10:45 PM CDT (03:45 UTC)
Expired
Aug 18, 1995, 11:02 PM CDT
In force
17 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.8 hours before the alert went out and 111 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-08-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1708 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-08-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
1708 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
850 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
168 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 190346 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC141-145-190430-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1045 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY
 
AT 1044 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
NEAR LUXEMBURG OR 15 MILES SOUTH OF ST. CLOUD. THIS STORM IS MOVING
TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF CLEAR LAKE
...CLEARWATER AND CABLE.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.  STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT.
 
HOWIESON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne45 min
Aug 19, 12:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington38 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.