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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 187, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1996, 7:39 PM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1996, 7:39 PM CDT (00:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1996, 8:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dakota County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 8:36 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Randolph, MN |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.7 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3008 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 21 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 260040
SVRMSP
MNC037-260140-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
739 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
DAKOTA COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 840 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
HASTINGS
APPLE VALLEY
BURNSVILLE
FARMINGTON
* AT 740 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15
MILES SOUTH OF ST. PAUL NEAR C&OATES MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
HOWIESONWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:35 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
MNZ051>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-080>084-WIZ014-015-023>025-232135- ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH MINNESOTA INTO THIS SUNDAY EVENING... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS PART OF WEST WISCONSIN AND MUCH OF SOUTH AND EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THIS SUNDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM NEAR ROBERTS IN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR APPLE VALLEY IN DAKOTA COUNTY OF MINNESOTA OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES. A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS JUST BEGINNING TO DRIFT INTO NORTHERN WRIGHT AND ANOKA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVER THE TWIN CITES BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A STRONG LIKELIHOOD OF LARGE HAIL WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT MOVING A CAR INTO THE GARAGE IF ITS OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY. ALONG WITH THE LARGE HAIL RISK...SOME LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM A FEW OF THESE STORMS THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING. WET
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 4:39 PM CDT, 3 hours before
MNZ053-058>063-065>070-073>078-081>083-WIZ014-015-023>025-252135- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR HEADING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 435 PM CDT SUN AUG 25 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM RISK FOR WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTH MINNESOTA INTO THIS SUNDAY EVENING... THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAS INCREASED SUBSTANTIALLY ACROSS PART OF WEST WISCONSIN AND MUCH OF SOUTH AND EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON INTO THIS SUNDAY EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED FROM NEAR ROBERTS IN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST TO NEAR APPLE VALLEY IN DAKOTA COUNTY OF MINNESOTA OVER THE PAST 15 MINUTES. A LARGER AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA IS JUST BEGINNING TO DRIFT INTO NORTHERN WRIGHT AND ANOKA COUNTIES. THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY IS LIKELY TO INTENSIFY RAPIDLY OVER THE TWIN CITES BETWEEN 430 PM AND 6 PM AND THERE APPEARS TO BE A STRONG LIKELIHOOD OF LARGE HAIL WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THIS IS THE TIME TO THINK ABOUT MOVING A CAR INTO THE GARAGE IF ITS OUT IN THE DRIVEWAY. ALONG WITH THE LARGE HAIL RISK...SOME LOCALLY DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE FROM A FEW OF THESE STORMS THROUGH ABOUT 9 PM THIS SUNDAY EVENING. TOGSTAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 7:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 60 min |
| Aug 25, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 8:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 69 min |
| Aug 25, 9:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 50 min |
| Aug 25, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 11:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 34 min |
| Aug 26, 12:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 31 min |
| Aug 26, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 12:48 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 3 hr |
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.