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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 167, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 1995Chippewa County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1995, 6:00 AM CDT (11:00 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1995, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 1995-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1402 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 1995-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 156 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 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
1402 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-153 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
46 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
8.1

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 281101 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC023-173-281130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
600 AM CDT MON AUG 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
 
AT 557...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR
MONTEVIDEO...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE
MONTIEVIDEO...MAYNARD...GRANITE FALLS...AND CLARA CITY. LARGE HAIL IS
LIKELY FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.
 
CARSTENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville53 min
Aug 28, 7:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley42 min
Aug 28, 4:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Houston56 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.