Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1986, 4:45 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 17, 1986, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1986, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 5:35 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Pope, 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. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1303 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 57 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 19 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 172200 SVRSTC MNC121-067-145-172145- BULLETIN-IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 445 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA..POPE..WESTERN STEARNS..NORTHERN KANDIYOHI..INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GLENWOOD..SAUK CENTRE..AND NEW LONDON AT 445 PM RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORNMS IN ALL OF POPE COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST GRANT COUNTY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AND HOUR. LARGE HAIL OF GOLFBALL SIZE TO MARBLE SIZE FELL IN THE LOWRY AREA OF NORTHWEST POPE COUNTY. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE IMMEDIATELY..AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORT TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE. NISTLER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 60 min |
| Jun 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 50 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986
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.