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Tornado Warning 18, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 1992Nobles County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 9:25 PM CDT for Nobles County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 9:25 PM CDT (02:25 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Nobles County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 216 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 170225
TORFSD
MNC105-170300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
925 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHEASTERN NOBLES COUNTY
 
AT 925 PM RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR PFINGSTEN OR 60 MILES
NORTHEAST OF SIOUX FALLS. IT WAS MOVING TOWARD KINBRAE AT 50 MPH.
 
IF YOU LIVE IN A HOME OR APARTMENT...SEEK SHELTER IN THE
INNERMOST PORTION OF THE BUILDING ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  IF YOU LIVE
IN A MOBILE HOME...ABANDON IT FOR A STRONGER SHELTER.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDLincoln, Pipestone44 min
Jun 16, 9:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDRock44 min
Jun 16, 9:18 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDMurray27 min
Jun 16, 10:06 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDCottonwood24 min
Jun 16, 10:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDMurray30 min
Jun 16, 10:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDJackson29 min
Jun 16, 11:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFSDCottonwood30 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.