Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1995
Tornado Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1995, 7:25 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min. 2 reports 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
- Jul 21, 1995, 7:25 PM CDT (00:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1995, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 19 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:26 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Plymouth, MN | Barn and garage destroyed. Garage roof found one-quarter mile away. Shown live on local television. |
| Jul 21, 7:35 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Corcoran, MN | Barn and garage destroyed. Garage roof found one-quarter mile away. Shown live on local television. |
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 00:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 20 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
- 1285 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1034 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 287 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.2
- Supercell composite
- 9.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 220028 TORMSP MNC053-220100- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 725 PM CDT FRI JUL 21 1995 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...HENNEPIN COUNTY AT 725 PM DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED POSSIBLE TORNADOES THROUGOUT HENNEPIN COUNTY. NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED BY SPOTTERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE PLYMOUTH...LORADO...MEDICINE LAKE...WAYZATA ...MINNETONKA...HOPKINS AND MINNEAPOLIS. 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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 27 min |
| Jul 21, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 47 min |
| Jul 21, 7:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 7:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 7:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 56 min |
| Jul 21, 7:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 8:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Washington | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 41 min |
| Jul 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 50 min |
| Jul 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 51 min |
| Jul 21, 8:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 8:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 69 min |
| Jul 21, 8:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 26 min |
| Jul 21, 8:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 30 min |
| Jul 21, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 9:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 61 min |
| Jul 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 48 min |
| Jul 21, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jul 21, 10:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka | 45 min |
| Jul 21, 10:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 38 min |
| Jul 21, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 63 min |
| Jul 21, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 60 min |
| Jul 22, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower, Olmsted | 32 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.