Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 14, 1995, 8:04 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 14, 1995, 8:04 PM CDT (01:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 1995, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 49 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:04 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 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 52 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 2673 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.3
- Supercell composite
- 9.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 150105 RRA SVRMSP MNC123-163-150130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 804 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...RAMSEY COUNTY...NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY AT 755 PM...DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER WHITE BEAR LAKE. IN ADDITION SEVERAL REPORTS OF WIND DAMAGE HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE WARNING AREA INCLUDING A REPORT OF 3 INCH BRANCHES TORN OFF FROM TREES. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS ALSO BEEN REPORTED NEAR WHI TE BEAR LAKE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORMS WERE MARINE ON THE ST CROIX...WITHREW...AND MAPLE ISLAND. MJM &
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 14, 7:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 52 min |
| Jul 14, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 48 min |
| Jul 14, 7:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 36 min |
| Jul 14, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 8:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 38 min |
| Jul 14, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 31 min |
| Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 10:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 41 min |
| Jul 15, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 60 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.