Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 135, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1996, 12:57 AM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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 18, 1996, 12:57 AM CDT (05:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 71 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 1409 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 988 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 354 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.8
- Supercell composite
- 12.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 180601 COR
SVRMSP
MNC009-141-171-180700-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1257 AM CDT THU JUL 18 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
BENTON COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WRIGHT COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 200 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
FOLEY
MAPLE LAKE
MONTECELLO
BECKER
* AT 100 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
LOCATED 5 MILES WEST OF ST. CLOUD MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
HOWIESONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 53 min |
| Jul 17, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 10:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 11:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 11:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 11:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 66 min |
| Jul 17, 11:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 11:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 33 min |
| Jul 18, 12:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 42 min |
| Jul 18, 12:31 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 49 min |
| Jul 18, 12:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 18, 12:49 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 41 min |
| Jul 18, 1:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 47 min |
| Jul 18, 3:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 47 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.