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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 169, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 1996Dakota County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 6, 1996, 11:32 PM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
Aug 6, 1996, 11:32 PM CDT (04:32 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1996, 12:05 AM CDT
In force
33 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Dakota County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 1996-08-07Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4613 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 1996-08-07The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
4613 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
993 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
130 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 070437 COR
SVRMSP
MNC037-070505-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTED...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1132 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  SOUTHEAST DAKOTA COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 1205 AM CDT

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    HASTINGS
    MIESVILLE
    RANDOLPH

* AT 1130 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10
  MILES EAST OF FARMINGTON OR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTH OF ST PAUL
  MOVING EAST-NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.

MILLER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 7:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa61 min
Aug 6, 8:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi57 min
Aug 6, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine46 min
Aug 6, 8:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope30 min
Aug 6, 9:02 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMeeker43 min
Aug 6, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Renville34 min
Aug 6, 9:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Wright48 min
Aug 6, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Sibley46 min
Aug 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan42 min
Aug 6, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet42 min
Aug 6, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Sherburne66 min
Aug 6, 10:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington66 min
Aug 6, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Waseca63 min
Aug 6, 10:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice63 min
Aug 6, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue55 min
Aug 6, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti55 min
Aug 7, 12:12 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele33 min

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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.