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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 3, 1995Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 4:46 PM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 4:46 PM CDT (21:46 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 5:45 PM CDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 1995-07-03Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1995-07-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 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
1207 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
157 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KMSP 032147 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC093-145-032245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
446 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  545 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY...SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY
 
AT 444 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR IN CHANHASSEN INDICATED A SEVERE STORM
NEAR HAWICK OR 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST. CLOUDS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE
AFFECTING THE CITIES OF EDEN VALLEY...PAYESVILLE AND COLD SPRING.
 
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/JPR

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi34 min
Jul 3, 6:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison47 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.