Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 30, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:32 PM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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, 10:32 PM CDT (03:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 16, 1992, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Brown County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 11:00 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Brown, 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, 3.5 hours before the alert went out and 112 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 170332 SVRRST MNC015-170400- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1032 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1100 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...BROWN COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF SLEEPY EYE AND NEW ULM. AT 10 25 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LEAVENWORTH IN SOUTHERN BROWN COUNTY...ABOUT 30 MILES WEST OF MANKATO. MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. 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. 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.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 16, 7:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 27 min |
| Jun 16, 7:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 41 min |
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 44 min |
| Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 50 min |
| Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Renville | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 42 min |
| Jun 16, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 51 min |
| Jun 16, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle | 28 min |
| Jun 16, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 57 min |
| Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 25 min |
| Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 60 min |
| Jun 16, 10:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 34 min |
| Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 68 min |
| Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 33 min |
| Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 37 min |
| Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 61 min |
| Jun 16, 11:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 11:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan | 35 min |
| Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 45 min |
| Jun 16, 11:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 58 min |
| Jun 17, 12:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 38 min |
| Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Wabasha | 50 min |
| Jun 17, 3:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Winona | 26 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.