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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 16, 1995Houston County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1995, 3:40 PM CDT for Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1995, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1995, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Houston County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 213 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 1995-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1995-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 81 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1978 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
53 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
81 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
169 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 162040
SVRRST
MNC055-162115-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
340 PM CDT TUE MAY 16 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  415 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 340 PM...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM IN HOUSTON COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF SPRING GROVE...WHICH IS
27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LA CROSSE WISCONSIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST AT 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH WILLINGTON GROVE BY 350 PM...AND
NEAR FREEBURG BY 405 PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGIvNG WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
 
TEAL
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Houston26 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.