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Tornado Warning 28, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

August 9, 1992Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1992, 7:08 PM CDT for Lincoln County, Lyon County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1992, 7:08 PM CDT (00:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Lincoln County, MN, Lyon County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1762 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 35 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1762 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-208 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1484 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
35 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
223 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 100011 COR
TORFSD
MNC081-083-100100-

BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
710 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  800 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIESS...

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

   ...EASTERN LINCOLN COUNTY...WESTERN LYON COUNTY

AT 705 PM CDT A TORNADO WAS REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OF ARCO MINNESOTA IN
LINCOLN COUNTY. THE STORM PRODUCING THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 20
MILES AN HOUR...AND WILL MOVE OVER THE COMMUNITIES OF TYLER...RUSSELL...
AND LYND WITHIN THE NEXT 30 MINUTES.

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.

CORRECTED FOR MINOR TYPO
MENTZER

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 8:02 PM CDTTornado WarningFSDLincoln, Pipestone43 min

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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.