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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 16, 1992Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 6:06 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 16, 1992, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
May 16, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 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.

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 162307
SVRRST
MNC045-055-162345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
606 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  645 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF HARMONY...HOUSTON...AND CALEDONIA.
 
AT 6PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IN EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA FROM ALONG THE MINNESOTA/IOWA BORDER
SOUTH OF PRESTON TO NEAR LA CROSSE WISCONSIN.  THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING DAMAGING WIND...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN
...AS WELL AS DEADLY LIGHTNING.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT
30 TO 35 MPH AND WILL BE HEADING TOWARD THE TOWNS OF HARMONY...
HOUSTON...AND CALEDONIA.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM CDT.
 
 
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.
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.

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, 5:38 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore37 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992

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.