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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 173, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 6, 1995Brown County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 6, 1995, 1:41 AM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 64 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 6, 1995, 1:41 AM CDT (06:41 UTC)
Expired
Sep 6, 1995, 2:45 AM CDT
In force
64 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Brown County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:45 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 112 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 060643 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC015-060745-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
141 AM CDT WED SEP 6 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY
 
AT 140 AM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDESTORM NEAR COBDEN...
OR 20 MILES WEST OF NEW ULM. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS
IN THE PATH INCLUDE SLEEPY EYE..LEAVANWORTH...AND NEW ULM. LARGE HAIL
AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CAN BE EXPECTED FROM 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.
 
CARSTENS

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, 12:24 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood51 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

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.