Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1986
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 23, 1986, 3:32 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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 23, 1986, 3:32 PM CDT (20:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 23, 1986, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington 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 23, 4:17 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Ramsey, 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, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 50 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
- 2066 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 185 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 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 KMSP 232032 SVRMSP MNC003-123-163-232130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 332 PM CDT MON JUN 23 1986 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ANOKA...RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON AT 325 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WITH GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BETHEL AND ST FRANCIS MINNESOTA. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE ANOKA..BLAINE.. FOREST LAKE..STILLWATER AND THE CITY OF ST PAUL. 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. IF SEVERE WEATHER IS SIGHTED SEEK A SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. W ILLIS
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.