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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 25, 1995Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 25, 1995, 4:22 PM CDT for Nicollet County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 25, 1995, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 1995, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Nicollet County, MN, Sibley County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 66 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 1995-07-25Temperature 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 1995-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -12 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
990 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-12 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
16 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 252127 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC143-103-252215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
422 PM CDT TUE JUL 25 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  515 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SIBLEY COUNTY
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NICOLLET COUNTY
 
AT 425 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF
GIBBON OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF NEW ULM. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS
MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE
GIBBON...LAFAYETTE...AND WINTHROP.
 
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRpODUCE 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.
 
JMP

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca25 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.