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Tornado Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 21, 1995Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 21, 1995, 6:32 PM CDT (23:32 UTC)
Expired
Jul 21, 1995, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
28 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 1995-07-21Temperature 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 1995-07-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 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
1156 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
88 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 212334
TORMSP
MNC171-220000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
632 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WRIGHT COUNTY
 
AT 630 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED A TORNADO LOCATED NEAR
HIGHLAND OR 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BUFFALO. CITIES IN THE PATH OF
THIS STORM INCLUDE BUFFALO...MAPLE LAKE AND RASSAT.
 
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.
 
HOWIESON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 21, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison33 min
Jul 21, 5:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison14 min
Jul 21, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison60 min
Jul 21, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Wright56 min
Jul 21, 5:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns61 min
Jul 21, 6:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville, Sibley51 min
Jul 21, 6:48 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod27 min
Jul 21, 6:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin, Wright35 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.