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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 19, 1995Dakota County, Washington County, Minnesota

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.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

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.

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°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 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 18, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns17 min
Aug 18, 10:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne45 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.