Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 5:49 PM CDT for Meeker County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 21, 1995, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meeker County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 63 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:31 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Howard Lake, MN | This affected mainly open country. On ground for six to 12 minutes. Metal shed destroyed. The width was estimated. Lifted off ground one mile northwest of Waverly. |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1156 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 44 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 212251 RRA SVRMSP MNC093-171-212345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 549 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN MEEKER COUNTY...WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY AT 548 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF LITCHFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ONE INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE KINGSTON...KNAPP...MAPLE LAKE AND HAVEN. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING 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. SCOTT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 14 min |
| Jul 21, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 60 min |
| Jul 21, 5:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 6:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 28 min |
| Jul 21, 6:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 6:48 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 6:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.