Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1995
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1995, 7:28 PM CDT for McLeod County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 2 reports 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, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 57 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 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, 7:50 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Gaylord, MN | Tree damage at farmstead. |
| Jul 21, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Arlington, MN | Touched down in field. |
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 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 1285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 220031 RRA SVRMSP MNC085-143-220115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 728 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY...NORTHERN SIBLEY COUNTY DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON. THIS STORM IS MOVING SLOWLY TO THE EAST. GOLFBALL SIZED HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE SUMTER...GLENCOE AND PLATO. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE D>AMAGING 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. HOWIESON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 7:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 35 min |
| Jul 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 69 min |
| Jul 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower, Olmsted | 32 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.