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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 25, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1992Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 8:48 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 9:30 PM CDT
In force
42 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 8:50 PM CDTHail 0.75Kandiyohi, 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

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 170148
SVRSTC
MNC067-093-170230-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
848 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  930 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY...MEEKER COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...BLOMKEST...GROVE CITY AND
LITCHFIELD. AT 835 A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL
AFFECT THE BLOMKEST AND LAKE LILLIAN AREA BY 9 PM AND NEAR
WILLMAR AND LITCHFIELD BY 930 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.
 
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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, 5:20 PM CDT, 3 hours 28 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
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MNZALL-162345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
550 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MURRAY COUNTY...

AT 545 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF MURRAY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SLAYTON NEAR
THE TOWN OF CURRIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
NEARLY 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE STORM INTO
SOUTHWEST REDWOOD COUNTY AROUND 6 PM.

THE STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR CHANDLER IN MURRAY COUNTY
AND NEAR THE TOWN OF IONA IN LYON COUNTY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 5 30 PM.
INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THESE TWO TOWNS. DAMAGE WAS ALSO
REPORTED NEAR LAKE WILSON AT 5 40 PM.

PERSONS IN WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF DANGEROUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND EVEN TORNADOES. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDDORS WHEN THREATING WEATHER
APPRAOCHES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA U`NTIL 11 PM THIS
EVENING.
DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 8:41 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MNC009-141-145-170345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
841 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...STRONG STORMS WEST OF ST CLOUD...

A STRONG STORM WITH GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING
IS POSSIBLE FROM A THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD AT 835 PM.
PERSONS NEAR ST CLOUD SHOULD BE AWARE OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
STORM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND
SHOULD BE OUT OF THE ST CLOWUD VICINITY BY 930 PM.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA UNTIL 300 AM CDT. STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER DETAILS
ON THE POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION.

JONES

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift27 min
Jun 16, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville41 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift44 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine44 min
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville50 min
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville42 min
Jun 16, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi51 min
Jun 16, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle28 min
Jun 16, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville57 min
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine25 min
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa60 min
Jun 16, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown28 min
Jun 16, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville34 min
Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley68 min
Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown33 min
Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker37 min
Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright61 min
Jun 16, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin35 min
Jun 16, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan35 min
Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott45 min
Jun 16, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns52 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin58 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti58 min
Jun 17, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago50 min
Jun 17, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Mower, Olmsted38 min
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Olmsted50 min
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Wabasha50 min
Jun 17, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Winona26 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.