Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1995, 12:22 AM CDT for Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1995, 12:22 AM CDT (05:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1995, 1:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dakota County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 47 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 49 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 190523 RRA SVRMSP MNC037-163-190600- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1222 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 100 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY...WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 1220 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...JUST EAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF 60 TO 70 MPH WINDS...ROLLING CARS IN PARKING LOTS. SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE...STILLWATER COTTAGE GROVE AND HASTINGS.P 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.
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 18, 9:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT CABLE CODING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 920 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE AREA OF MINNESOTA NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM MADISON...TO MORRIS ...PARK RAPIDS...SOUTH OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND ELY HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. THOSE COUNTIES CLEARED ARE... BELTRAMI...NORTHERN ST LOUIS...CLEARWATER...MAHNOMEN...HUBBARD... BECKER...WILKIN...OTTERTAIL...TRAVERSE...GRANT...BIG STONE...STEVENS ...AND LAC QUI PARLE. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 10:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1040 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... WADENA...TODD...DOUGLAS...POPE...SWIFT...CHIPPEWA AND YELLOW MEDICINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 22 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1100 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 18, 11:02 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1100 PM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... LINCOLN...LYON...MURRAY AND NOBLES. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:20 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT DAY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1220 AM CDT SAT AUG 19 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ITASCA...SOUTHERN ST LOUIS...AITKIN...CROW WING...CASS...MORRISON... MILLE LACS...BENTON...STEARNS...SHERBURNE...KANDIYOHI....MEEKER... RENVILLE...MC CLEOD...SIBLEY...BROWN...REDWOOD...COTTONWOOD...WATONWAN ...JACKSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:21 AM CDT, 1 minute before
MNZ004>096-191030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1220 AM CDT FRI AUG 18 1995 ...A PORTION OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 951 CANCELLED... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... ITASCA...SOUTHERN ST LOUIS...AITKIN...CROW WING...CASS...MORRISON... MILLE LACS...BENTON...STEARNS...SHERBURNE...KANDIYOHI....MEEKER... RENVILLE...MC CLEOD...SIBLEY...BROWN...REDWOOD...COTTONFWOOD...WATONWAN ...JACKSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 17 min |
| Aug 18, 10:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 45 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.