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Tornado Warning 1, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 1995Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1995, 6:39 PM CDT for Meeker County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 27, 1995, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 1995, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Meeker County, MN, Renville County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 1995-06-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 67 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 1995-06-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 4 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
67 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
525 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
4 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 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 272341
TORMSP
MNC093-129-280015-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
639 PM CDT TUE JUN 27 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  710 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EXTREME SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY...NORTHEASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
 
AT 638 PM...A TORNADO WAS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CEDAR MILLS...
OR ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING
WEST...TOWARD CORVUSO.  OTHER AREAS AT RISK INCLUDE COSMOS
AND NORTH OF CHURCHILL.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING
WALLS.  IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
TDK
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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.