Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 16, 1992, 5:10 PM CDT (22:10 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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TTAA00 KSTC 162210
SVRSTC
MNC023-173-162300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
510 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...CHIPPEWA COUNTY...YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CANBY...CLARKFIELD...GRANITE FALLS...AND
MONTEVIDEO.
 
AT 455 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLARKFIELD WHICH IS 15 WEST OF GRANITE FALLS. GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL
AND VERY HIGH WINDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE STORM
IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR MONTEVIDEO AROUND
545 PM.
 
 
 
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.
 
NNNN

In the hours before

MNZALL-170000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
150 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS ACROSS NEBRASKA...IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
AND MAY LIKELY LAST MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST...BUT THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS
ARE UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE SPOTTER
NETWORKS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALL PERSONS IN THE
THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO
RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATIONS
FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
DWE

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

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.