Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 13, 1995, 2:43 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 13, 1995, 2:43 PM CDT (19:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 1995, 3:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:45 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 170 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
- 194 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -328 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1129 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 131944 TORMSP MNC151-132015- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 243 PM CDT SUN AUG 13 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SWIFT COUNTY AT 242 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO...NEAR APPLETON...OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT...HOLLOWAY...DANVERS...AND BENSON. TAKE SHELTER NOW. 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. CARSTENS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 8:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey | 27 min |
| Aug 13, 1:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 33 min |
| Aug 13, 2:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 42 min |
| Aug 13, 2:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 40 min |
| Aug 13, 3:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 21 min |
| Aug 13, 5:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 26 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 37 min |
| Aug 13, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 27 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1995Every tornado warning in 1995Tornadoes 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.