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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 172, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 6, 1995Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 12:24 AM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 12:24 AM CDT (05:24 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Redwood County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1995-09-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 294 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 1995-09-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 21 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
294 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-23 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1265 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
40 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
21 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
22 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 060526 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC127-060615-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1224 AM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  115 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...REDWOOD COUNTY
 
DOPPLER RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD
FALLS NEAR THE TOWN OF SEAFORTH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 TO 40
MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE WABASSO...MORGAN...
ROWENA AND REDWOOD FALLS.  A FEW HAIL STONES TO NICKEL SIZE WERE
REPORTED AT SEAFORTH AT 1220AM.
 
 
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 5, 11:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine42 min
Sep 6, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown64 min
Sep 6, 3:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth48 min
Sep 6, 3:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth25 min
Sep 6, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRice, Steele24 min
Sep 6, 4:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele44 min
Sep 6, 5:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge32 min
Sep 6, 5:22 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDodge53 min
Sep 6, 6:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMower36 min

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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.