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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 15, 1995Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 1995, 10:51 PM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 15, 1995, 10:51 PM CDT (03:51 UTC)
Expired
Sep 15, 1995, 11:23 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:52 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, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 1995-09-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-09-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 317 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1784 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
317 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
379 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 160353 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC153-041-160500-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1051 PM CDT FRI SEP 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN TODD COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTY
 
AT 1050 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHANHASSEN INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE
STORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA OR 20 MILES NORTH AND EAST OF
ALEXANDRIA. THE STORM WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL
BE MOVING INTO THE CITIES OF CLARISSA...EAGLE BEND AND BERTHA.
 
 
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.
 
JVM

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.