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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 19954 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 15, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 15, 1995, 2:30 PM CDT (19:30 UTC)
Expired
Jul 15, 1995, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

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, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 42 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 139 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 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 109 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
139 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
813 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
109 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
83 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 151932 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC003-053-123-163-152030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
230 PM CDT SAT JUL 15 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  330 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...ANOKA COUNTY...EASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY...RAMSEY COUNTY
   ...WASHINGTON COUNTY
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AT 230 PM
MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE
NEW BRIGHTON...WHITE BEAR LAKE...COON RAPIDS AND HUGO.
 
WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG
BUILDING.  PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY
KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION...
BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.  DO NOT USE THE
PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
 
JMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington25 min
Jul 14, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin52 min
Jul 14, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington48 min
Jul 14, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth36 min
Jul 14, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington31 min
Jul 14, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington26 min
Jul 14, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca38 min
Jul 14, 8:14 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood31 min
Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott64 min
Jul 14, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca41 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.