Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1992, 6:51 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1992, 6:51 PM CDT (23:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 14, 1992, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Goodhue County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 85 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.
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 142353 SVRRST MNC049-150030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 651 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CANNON FALLS AND RED WING. AT 6 45 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RED WIND...NEAR HADER. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING 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.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 2:53 PM CDT, 3 hours 58 minutes before
MNZ011-012-013-014-015-016-017-018-019-WIZ-006-142030-
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
250 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992
...THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...
AT 229 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING SOUTHWEST
OF THE TWIN CITIES OVER CARVER COUNTY NEAR HAMBURG AND WERE MOVING
SLOWLY NORTH AT 10 MILES AN HOUR.
YOUNG AMERICA...NORWOOD AND WACONIA CAN EXPECTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLE HAIL AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS PASS.
WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY OF THE TWIN CITIES INCLUDING THE LAKE MINNETONKA
AREA IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WHICH WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THESE AREAS
BY 330 PM WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...EXTREMELY VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
POSSIBLY HAIL.
EELSEWHERE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE WIDELY SCATTERED ACROSS THE
SOUTH HALF OF MINNESOTA AND WEST WISCONSIN...GENERALLY SOUTH OF A LINE
FROM ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA TO HAYWARD WISCONSIN.
DAPSpecial weather statement, Jun 14, 5:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
MNZ016-WIZ006-142240- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 510 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992 AT 505 PM CDT VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE SURROUNDING THE TWIN CITIES. NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA WILL PRODUCE FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND GUSTY WINDS. SOME LOCATIONS MAY EXPERIENCE A BRIEF PERIOD OF SMALL HAIL. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING IN AN ERRATIC FASHION AND CONVERGING ON THE CITY OF MINNEAPOLIS. HEAVY RAINS OF UP TO ONE INCH IN LESS THAN A HALF HOUR ARE LIKELY TO OCCUR. PONDING OF WATER AND LOW VISIBILITIES CAN BE EXPECTED ON THE HIWAYS. MOTORISTS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ENCOUNTER RAPIDLY CHANGING CONDITIONS. EDWARDS
Local storm report, Jun 14, 6:50 PM CDT, 1 minute before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
645 PM CDT SUN JUN 14 1992
550 PM CDT......4 INCH DIAMETER TREES DOWN SOUTHWEST PART OF GOLDEN
VALLEY. NORTHEAST HENNEPIN COUNTY.
RICHARDSONThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 50 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.