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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 1995Rice County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 5:58 PM CDT for Rice County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 5:58 PM CDT (22:58 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 82 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 1995-07-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2577 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1995-07-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
2577 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-229 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1639 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 142259
SVRMSP
MNC147-161-142345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
558 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...STEELE COUNTY...WASECA COUNTY
 
AT 555 PM...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORT*ED NEAR WASECA AND WALDROF.
THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WINDS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH WERE OWATONNA...MEDFORD...FAIRBAULT AND
NEW RICHLAND.
 
 
MJM
 
&
1 follow-up statement
000 
WUUS1 KMSP 142301 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC147-161-131-142345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION TO ADD RICE COUNTY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
558 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995


THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...STEELE COUNTY...WASECA COUNTY...RICE COUNTY

AT 555 PM...WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH WERE REPORTED NEAR WASECA AND WALDROF.
THE STORMS ASSOCIATED WITH THESE WINDS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
15 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH WERE OWATONNA...MEDFORD...FAIRBAULT AND
NEW RICHLAND.
MJM

&

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 2:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle29 min
Jul 14, 2:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens31 min
Jul 14, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens26 min
Jul 14, 3:15 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope45 min
Jul 14, 3:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd35 min
Jul 14, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd7 min
Jul 14, 4:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison28 min
Jul 14, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn35 min
Jul 14, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele39 min
Jul 14, 5:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet45 min
Jul 14, 5:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota35 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.