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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 161, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 1986McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 9, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT for McLeod County, Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1986, 6:30 PM CDT (23:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Wright County, MN

The radar

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 44 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 1986-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 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 1986-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 84 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2241 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
76 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 092333
SVRMSP
MNC171-092300-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
630 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WESTERN WRIGHT AND EASTERN MC LEOD

AT 630 PM... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN MEEKER AND NORTHWEST
MC LEOD COUNTIES.  MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE ANNANDALE AND GLENCOE.

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A SAFE PLACE
HALDEMAN.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 3:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXTodd60 min
Aug 9, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns60 min
Aug 9, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker45 min
Aug 9, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti57 min
Aug 9, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne60 min
Aug 9, 5:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright36 min
Aug 9, 6:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka35 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.