Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 11, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 5:27 PM CDT for Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min. 2 reports 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 16, 1992, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
County Murray County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:30 PM CDT | Tornado F2 | Murray, MN | |
| Jun 16, 6:00 PM CDT | Tornado F3 | Murray, 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, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 596 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 207 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 165 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 KFSD 162227 TORFSD MNC101-162315- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 527 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...MURRAY COUNTY A TORNADO WARNING HAS BEEN EXTENDED UNTIL 615 PM FOR MURRAY COUNTY. A TORNADO WAS NEAR CHANDLER MOVING NORTHEAST TOWARD LAKE WILSON AND HADLEY AT 525 PM. LAKE WILSON AND HADLEY ARE ABOUT 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS. THE TORNADO MAY ALSO AFFECT SLAYTON BETWEEN 600 AND 615 PM TORNADO DAMAGE AND SOME INJURIES WERE REPORTED IN CHANDLER. DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 16, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
SDZ004-005-010-011-012-015-016-017-018-019-020-MNZ017-IAZ001-162145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 339 PM CDT (239 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING... AT 330 PM SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THE MOST ACTIVE WEATHER SO FAR THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN BETWEEN CHADRON NEBRASKA AND MITCHELL SOUTH DAKOTA. THERE WERE 3 REPORTED TORNADO SIGHTINGS IN THE MITCHELL AREA AROUND 300 PM. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL FELL IN PLANKINTON. IN THE PAST HALF HOUR, THE MAIN ACTIVITY WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN MITCHELL AND WATERTOWN. ALSO...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE RUMBLING THROUGH THE SOUTH CENTRAL PORTION OF THE STATE BETWEEN PHILIP AND MISSION. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP AND MOVE INTO THE SOUTHEASTERN COUNTIES LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND STRONG THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLY TORNADOES. PEOPLE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY CLOSE TO A RADIO OR TV IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. KRIEHN
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-162200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 348 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA AT 346 PM. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA OR WESTERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. YOU SHOULD REVIEW SAFET}Y RULES SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT ACTION TO TAKE IF A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES. HOPPES
Local storm report, Jun 16, 4:18 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
415 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
COUNTY/STATE TIME EVENT
DAVISON/SD 240 PM MITCHELL PD REPORTS OLD FARM HOUSE
` AND COUNTRY SCHOOL NEAR MITCHELL DESTROYED
BY A TORNADO. ALSO A LARGE AMOUNT OF CROP
DAMAGE REPORTED.
KRIEHNLocal storm report, Jun 16, 4:41 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
440 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
STORM DATA FOR TUESDAY JUNE 16 1992
TIME COUNTY CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
.......................................................................
315 PM MDT TRIPP 96 MILE AN HOUR WINDS
IN THE CARTER-WITTEN AREA
WEST OF WINNERSpecial weather statement, Jun 16, 4:42 PM CDT, 45 minutes before
IAZ001-004-005-162300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX CITY IA 442 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR THE SIOUXLAND AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... NO THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AREA AT 440 PM. HOWEVER THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS EASTERN NEBRASKA OR WESTERN IOWA LATE THIS AFTERNOON. RAPID THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT CAN BE EXPECTED WITH SOME STORMS BECOMING SEVERE. YOU SHOULD REVIEW SAFETIY RULES SO YOU WILL KNOW WHAT ACTION TO TAKE IF A TORNADO OR SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OCCURS OR A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS AND ADVISORIES. HOPPES
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 4:44 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
SDZ012-015>020-MNZ017-IAZ001-162245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 440 PM CDT (340 PM MDT) TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO WATCHES IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA UNTIL LATE THIS EVENING... AT 440 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO BROOKINGS COUNTY OF SOUTH DAKOTA...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF THE CITY OF BROOKINGS. THIS IS THE SAME STORM THAT PRODUCED TORNADOES NEAR MITCHELL. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS...GUSTY WINDS...AND POSSIBLE HAIL. THIS AREA EXTENDED FROM 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF SIOUX FALLS NEAR HOWARD TO 30 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WATERTOWN NEAR BRANDT SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. ALSO...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WERE LOCATED NORTH AND EAST OF SIOUX FALLS...EXTENDING FROM DELL RAPIDS SOUTH DAKOTA TO NEAR ADRIAN MINNESOTA. PEOPLE IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA SHOULD REMAIN WEATHER CONSCIOUS THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY CLOSE TO A RADIO OR TV IN CASE A WARNING IS ISSUED. GEELHART
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 15, 9:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 45 min |
| Jun 15, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 26 min |
| Jun 15, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lincoln | 23 min |
| Jun 15, 10:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Jackson | 54 min |
| Jun 16, 4:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 36 min |
| Jun 16, 5:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Murray | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 6:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Lyon | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Lyon | 46 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.