Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 34, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 6, 1995, 4:36 PM CDT for Rice County, Steele County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 6, 1995, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 6, 1995, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 77 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:36 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.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 6, 4:42 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Morristown, MN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 78 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
- 1389 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -56 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 225 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 283 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 062138 TORMSP MNC131-147-062200- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 436 PM CDT WED SEP 6 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN RICE COUNTY...NORTHERN STEELE COUNTY AT 435 PM A TORNADO WAS ON THE GROUND 2 TO 3 MPH SOUTH OF FARIBAULT MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THE TORNADO IS MOVING TOWARDS MEDFORD...MOLAND...AND RUSKIN. 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 ISb 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 5, 11:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Sep 6, 12:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 51 min |
| Sep 6, 1:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 64 min |
| Sep 6, 3:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 48 min |
| Sep 6, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth | 25 min |
| Sep 6, 4:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Steele | 44 min |
| Sep 6, 5:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 32 min |
| Sep 6, 5:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dodge | 53 min |
| Sep 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 36 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.