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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 1992Anoka County, Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT for Anoka County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1992, 5:40 PM CDT (22:40 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
50 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.7 hours before the alert went out and 37 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 1992-06-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 213 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 1992-06-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 10 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
213 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-135 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1326 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
11 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
9 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 KMSP 142308 COR
SVRMSP
MNC003-053-142330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED EXPIRATION TIME...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
540 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992

...RETRANSMITTED...FOR EXPIRATION TIME...
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL...630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTY...NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY

AT 535 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN IN HENNEPIN COUNTY NEAR
PLYMOUTH...NEW HOPE AND MAPLE GROVE IN HENNEPIN COUNTY OR 10 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS.
THIS SEVERE TUNDERSTROM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 10 MPH. SOME OF THE
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE BROOKLY PARK...MAPLE GROVE...FRIDLEY
COON RAPIDS AND ANOKA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
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.

RICHARDSON

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 6:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue39 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.