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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 29, 1996Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 29, 1996, 3:40 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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 29, 1996, 3:40 AM CDT (08:40 UTC)
Expired
Jul 29, 1996, 4:30 AM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:43 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 00:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 123 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 157 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 00:00Z on 1996-07-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 50 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
157 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1109 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.8

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 290842
SVRMSP
MNC127-129-290930-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 AM CDT MON JUL 29 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTY - SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
  RENVILLE COUNTY - SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 430 AM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    DANUBE
    DELHI
    OLIVIA
    REDWOOD FALLS

* AT 339 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM FROM
  RENVILLE TO WOOD LAKE OR 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS
  MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

MCBEATH PETERS

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 29, 4:08 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood32 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.