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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 16, 1992Fillmore County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 5:38 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1992, 5:38 PM CDT (22:38 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Fillmore County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 178 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 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 12:00Z on 1992-05-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 285 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
250 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 162239
SVRRST
MNC045-162315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
538 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...FILLMORE COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF PRESTON...LANESBORO AND HARMONY.
 
RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO MOVE FROM NORTHERN
IOWA INTO FILLMORE COUNTY.
 
THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 16, 2:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMower, Olmsted40 min
May 16, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge32 min
May 16, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Freeborn, Mower, Steele48 min
May 16, 3:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Olmsted48 min
May 16, 4:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWabasha, Winona48 min
May 16, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Mower, Olmsted42 min
May 16, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWabasha, Winona42 min
May 16, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHouston, Winona42 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Houston39 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.