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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 1995Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 24, 1995, 7:02 PM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 24, 1995, 7:02 PM CDT (00:02 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 1995, 7:27 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 00:00Z, 0.0 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2606 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 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
2606 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
113 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
2.9

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 250004 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC161-250100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
702 PM CDT MON JUL 24 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WASECA COUNTY
 
AT 702 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR SMITH
MILL...OR 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO. 50 TO 60 MPH WINDS WERE
REPORTED BY A SPOTTER IN SMITH MILL. CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE
JANESVILLE...AND WASECA.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HjEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
 
KRC
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 25, 4:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Sibley53 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1995

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.