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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 3, 1995Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1995, 7:36 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 3, 1995, 7:36 PM CDT (00:36 UTC)
Expired
Jul 3, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 218 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1633 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1995-07-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 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
1633 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-55 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 040038 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC151-040115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
736 PM CDT MON JUL 3 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  815 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN SWIFT COUNTY
 
RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN SWIFT COUNT(Y...NEAR
APPLETON. THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND SOME TOWNS
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HOLLOWAY AND DANVERS.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 3, 8:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift25 min
Jul 4, 12:58 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift92 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.