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Tornado Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 14, 1995Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 14, 1995, 8:14 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 14, 1995, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jul 14, 1995, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1995-07-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2673 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 00:00Z on 1995-07-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 19 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
2673 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-22 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1302 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
19 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.3
Supercell composite
9.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 150115
TORMSP
MNC127-150200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
814 PM CDT FRI JUL 14 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 810 PM...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE ROTATION NEAR LAMBERTON OR
ABOUT 25 MILES ^SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. LAW ENFORCEMENT SAW FUNNEL
CLOUDS NEAR WALNUT GROVE AT 805 PM.
 
THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING
WABASSO...WANDA...AND SANBORN.
 
MJM/TDK

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 14, 7:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington25 min
Jul 14, 7:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin52 min
Jul 14, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington48 min
Jul 14, 7:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth36 min
Jul 14, 7:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington31 min
Jul 14, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington26 min
Jul 14, 8:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWaseca38 min
Jul 14, 10:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott64 min
Jul 14, 10:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele, Waseca41 min
Jul 15, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington60 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.