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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 13, 1995Fillmore County, Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 13, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 13, 1995, 7:18 PM CDT (00:18 UTC)
Expired
May 13, 1995, 7:45 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 156 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 00:00Z on 1995-05-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1995-05-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 133 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
500 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
133 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 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 140018
SVRRST
MNC045-109-140045-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
718 PM CDT SAT MAY 13 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...FILLMORE COUNTY...SOUTHERN OLMSTED COUNTY
 
AT 714PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF
ROCHESTER. LARGE HAIL AND AND DAMAGING WIND ARE LIKELY. THE STORM WAS
MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL EFFECT SPRING
VALLEY...EYOTA...CHATFIELD AND PRESTON BY 725PM.
 
GSF
 
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.

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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.