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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 101, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 26, 1996Anoka County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1996, 12:05 PM CDT for Anoka County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1996, 12:05 PM CDT (17:05 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1996, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Anoka County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 53 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:04 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, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 55 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 1996-06-26Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1065 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1065 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-143 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
742 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
198 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
5.7

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 261709
SVRMSP
MNC003-261800-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1205 PM CDT WED JUN 26 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  ANOKA COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 100PM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    ANOKA
    BLAINE
    COON RAPIDS
    LINO LAKES

* AT 1205 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A CLUSTER OF
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL ANOKA COUNTY...ABOUT 15 MILES
  NORTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. THEREFORE...
  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR ANOKA COUNTY IS BEING
  EXTENDED UNTIL 1 PM CDT.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWA*Y
FROM WINDOWS.

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 11:21 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka49 min
Jun 26, 12:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright63 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

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.