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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 31, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 26, 1995Washington County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1995, 4:22 PM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1995, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 58 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 60 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 1995-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 107 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 1995-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 126 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
107 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-124 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
666 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
19 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
126 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
137 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 262125
SVRMSP
MNC163-262200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
422 PM CDT MON JUN 26 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...CENTRAL WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
AT 420 PM...WIND GUSTED TO 71 MPH JUST SOUTH OF HUDSON...ABOUT
15 MILES EAST OF ST PAUL. TREES WERE ALSO REPORTED DOWN NEAR
LAKELAND.  THE STORM IS MOVING WEST AT 15 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
ST PAUL AND THE EASTERN AND SOUTHEAST SUBURBS OF ST PAUL.
 
TDK
 
 
 
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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.