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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 125, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 1996Carver County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 13, 1996, 1:55 PM CDT for Carver County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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
Jul 13, 1996, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 1996, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Carver County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 30 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 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, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 28 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 1996-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 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 1996-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 20 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
820 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
20 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
14 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 131857
SVRMSP
MNC019-171-131925-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
155 PM CDT SAT JUL 13 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN CARVER COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 230 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    HOWARD LAKE
    WATERTOWN
    WACONIA

* AT 255 PM DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15 MILES
  NORTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS ARE LIKELY WITH THIS STORM.  GO INSIDE
A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!

DWE

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.