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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 73, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 21, 1986Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 21, 1986, 8:49 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 21, 1986, 8:49 PM CDT (01:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 21, 1986, 9:20 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville 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

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 21, 9:15 PM CDTHail 0.75Renville, 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

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 263 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1986-06-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3109 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1986-06-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
3109 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1356 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
125 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.0
Supercell composite
4.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 220149
SVRMSP
MNC129-127-220220-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
849 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 920 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...RENVILLE AND NORTHERN REDWOOD

AT 8 45 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA...ON THE REDWOOD/RENVILLE
COUNTY LINE.  THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES
AN HOUR...AND THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF REDWOOD FALLS...
OLIVIA...FAIRFAX...AND HECTOR.

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 PLACE OF
SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 21, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Isanti38 min
Jun 21, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin38 min
Jun 21, 11:05 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey40 min
Jun 21, 11:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott34 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.