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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 13, 1995Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 18 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 6:48 PM CDT
In force
18 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Freeborn County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 1995-05-13Temperature 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 1995-05-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 161 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
631 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
161 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
206 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 
TTAA00 KMSP 132330
SVRMSP
MNC047-140000-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
630 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN FREEBORN COUNTY
 
AT 628 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE STORM JUST SOUTHWEST OF
ALBERT LEA.  LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND ARE LIKELY.
THE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT
ALBERT LEA...HAYWARD AND GLENVILLE BY 7 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.  STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT.
 
TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 13, 5:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth46 min
May 13, 6:44 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Mower44 min

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.