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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 23, 1995Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 23, 1995, 3:54 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 23, 1995, 3:54 PM CDT (20:54 UTC)
Expired
Jul 23, 1995, 4:23 PM CDT
In force
29 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 163 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 1995-07-23Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 19 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1995-07-23The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 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
19 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-21 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1204 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
71 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 232056 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC023-151-232145-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
354 PM CDT SUN JUL 23 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  445 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...SOUTHERN SWIFT COUNTY
 
AT 354 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED
FROM MORRIS TO FAIRFIELD MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES
IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE BENSON...BIG BEND...KERKHOVEN AND
CLARA CITY.
 
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.
 
HOWIESON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 23, 6:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth37 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.