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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 28, 1995McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 28, 1995, 7:03 AM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 28, 1995, 7:03 AM CDT (12:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 28, 1995, 7:45 AM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 54 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1431 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 12:00Z on 1995-08-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 37 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
1431 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-242 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1252 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 281204 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC085-143-281245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
703 AM CDT MON AUG 28 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY...SIBLEY COUNTY
 
AT 7 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED 10 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON NEAR BUFFALO LAKE TO FAIRFAX...ABOUT 20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM. THE STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL
BE AFFECTING THE TOWNS OF STEWART...BROWNTON...GIBBON...WINTHROP...AND
GLENCOE.
 
STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.
 
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.
DWE/KRC/WET

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, 6:22 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville53 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.