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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 13, 1995Dodge County, Mower County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 6:44 PM CDT for Dodge County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 6:44 PM CDT (23:44 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 7:28 PM CDT
In force
44 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Dodge County, MN, Mower County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 128 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 KRST 132345
SVRRST
MNC039-099-140030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
644 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN DODGE COUNTY...MOWER COUNTY
 
AT 640 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST AND
NORTHWEST OF AUSTIN NEAR MAPLE ISLAND. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 30 MPH. THE STORM WILL HIT HAYFIELD AND AUSTIN BY 7 PM...AND
DEXTER...ADAMS...AND GRAND MEADOW BY 715 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
 
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.
 
TEAL
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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, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn18 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.