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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 23, 1995Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 23, 1995, 4:30 PM CDT (21:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 23, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:31 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 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 52 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 1995-06-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 297 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 1995-06-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 96 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
297 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-184 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1293 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
96 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
101 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 
WUUS1 KMSP 232130 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC123-163-232215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
430 PM CDT FRI JUN 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 428 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED AT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
ROSEMOUNT OR 10 MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODCED
QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT. STRONG WINDS HAVE ALSO
LIFTED A ROOF FROM A BUILDING IN ROSEMOUNT. PERSON IN THE PATH OF THIS
STORM INCLUDE ST PAUL...LAKE ELMO...COTTAGE GROVE.
 
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
Jun 22, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood40 min
Jun 23, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey43 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.