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Tornado Warning 21, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 16, 1992Cottonwood County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:06 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 16, 1992, 10:06 PM CDT (03:06 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 10:30 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

County Cottonwood County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTTornado F2Cottonwood, 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 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 157 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

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

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, 9:25 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDNobles35 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.