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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 1995Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 6:22 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1995, 6:22 AM CDT (11:22 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1995, 7:15 AM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.4 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 281123 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC129-127-281215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
622 AM CDT MON AUG 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  715 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...RENVILLE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 620 AM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM LOCATED NEAR SACRED HEART...15 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD
FALLS. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE
COMMUNTIES OF RENVILLE...OLIVIA...REDWOOD FALLS...AND SEAFORTH.
 
WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY
KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION...
BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APpPLIANCES.  DO NOT USE THE
PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
 
CARSTENS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 28, 6:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine30 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.