Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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.
| 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, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 26 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 |
Nearby
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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.