Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 5:36 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 16, 1992, 5:36 PM CDT (22:36 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 5:37 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Lac Qui Parle, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 54 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 162236 SVRSTC MNC073-162330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 536 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF MARIETTA...MADISON AND DAWSON. AT 525 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON WHICH IS 55 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR. ANOTHER SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED 10 MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO WHICH IS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE MADISON AND MONTEVIDEO AREAS ABOUT 6 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
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 16, 1:52 PM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:20 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZALL-162315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 520 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF MURRAY COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF SLAYTON AT 515 PM THIS TUESDAY EVENING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST REDWOOD COUNTY BETWEEN 530 PM AND 6 PM THIS EVENING. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO SOUTH OF CHANDLER ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL NEAR IOTA BOTH IN SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY. PERSONS IN WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE INDOORS WHEN THIS DANGEROUS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA. DWE/BAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 32 min |
| Jun 16, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 40 min |
| Jun 16, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 21 min |
| Jun 16, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 6:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 33 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.