Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1992, 11:53 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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, 11:53 PM CDT (04:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1992, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 12:40 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 0 | Stearns, 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, 4.9 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
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, 5:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 57 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, 3 hours 12 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 NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 9:09 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MNZALL-170315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 909 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH STRONG...DAMAGING WINDS MOVING TOWARD WESTERN WRIGHT AND MC LEOD COUNTY... AT 905 PM CDT...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS...LOCATED FROM SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD IN MEEKER COUNTY TO NORTH OF OLIVIA IN EXTREME NORTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY WAS MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD FAR WESTERN PORTIONS OF WRIGHT AND MC LEOD COUNTY. THESE STORMS SHOULD BEGIN TO AFFECT THESE AREAS BETWEEN 930 AND 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF DAMAGING WINDS...POSSIBLY IN EXCESS OF 70 MPH AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. AT APPROXIMATELY 845 PM... PATIO DOORS AND WINDOWS WERE BLOWN OUT OF HOMES ABOUT 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF DANUBE. ALSO 1.5 INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN 15-20 MINUTES NEAR DANUBE. PERSONS ACROSS WESTERN MC CLEOD AND WRIGHT COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF VERY STRONG WINDS AND HAIL./ DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:11 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
MNZ016-170500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR THE TWIN CITIES... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE STORMS AS CLOSE AS 30 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING THE WESTERN MINNEAPOLIS SUBURBS BY MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE ENTIRE 7 COUNTY METRO AREA. IT IS LIKELY THAT WARNINGS FOR THE TWIN CITIES WILL BE NECESSARY. PEOPLE AROUND THE 7 COUNTY METRO AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES...AND BE READY TO GET TO SHELTER. x THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED MUCH DAMAGE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 16, 11:15 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
MNZ016-170500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECT MILEAGE IN FIRST PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1108 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR THE TWIN CITIES... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NORTH TO SOUTH THROUGH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA...WITH THE STORMS AS CLOSE AS 50 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD BEGIN AFFECTING THE WESTERN MINNEAPOLIS SUBURBS BY MIDNIGHT. THE STORMS SHOULD PASS THROUGH THE ENTIRE 7 COUNTY METRO AREA. IT IS LIKELY THAT WARNINGS FOR THE TWIN CITIES WILL BE NECESSARY. PEOPLE AROUND THE 7 COUNTY METRO AREA SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER UPDATES...AND BE READY TO GET TO SHELTER. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED MUCH DAMAGE IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. TDK
Local storm report, Jun 16, 11:38 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1120 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 19982
STORM DATA FOR MINNEAPOLIS COUNTY AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY (ALSO INCLUDES
SOME REPORTS FOR SW MINN COUNTIES UNDER SIOUX FALLS)
TIME COUNTY...LOCATION AND STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
................................................................................ 635PM REDWOOD/BTWN WALNUT GROVE SEMI OVERTURNED..PSBL TORNADO
AND TRACY
622PM YELLOW MEDICINE/5 E OF TORNADO RPTD BY CNTY SHERRIF
CLARKFIELD
627PM LYON/TRACY AREA TORNADO WITH DMG
705PM REDWOOD/4S LUCAS SILO DESTROYED
645PM REDWOOD/JUST E TRACY NMRS FARM BLDGS DESTROYED BY
SUSPECTED TORNADO
630PM LYON/4W TRACY FARM BLDGS DAMAGED BY
SUSPECTED TORNADO
819PM RENVILLE/SACRED HEART WINDOWS BLOWN OUT OF HOME
AREA
825PM RENVILLE/3S DANUBE LGE TREES DOWN
830PM RENVILLE/VCNTY DANUBE FARMS DESTROYED..PSBL
TORNADO OR STNG WNDS
830PM RENVILLE/2N OLIVIA STNG WNDS "BLOWING EVERYTHING
NOT TIED DOWN"
EST 845PM RENVILLE/2NE DANUBE MACHINE SHED DOWN, PATIO
DOOR BLOWN IN
915PM KANDIYOHI/WILLMAR 65 MPH WINDS
845PM RENVILLE/OLIVA/DANUBE ROOF OFF BLDG
AREA
EST 8PM RENVILLE/9SW OLIVA PSBL TORNADO/LOTS OF
DAMAGE TO FARM WITH
SVRL BLDGS DESTROYED
EST 1005PM LYON/BALLATON CITIZEN TORNADO RPT WITH
BLDG DMG AND PWR LINES DOWN
1030PM REDWOOD/LAMBERTON EST WNDS 60-70 MPH
1035PM RENVILLE/4S OLIVIA TORNADO
1035PM RENVILLE/BIRD ISLAND 60-70 MPH WINDS
EST 1105PM MCLEOD/HUTCHISON WNDS ALMOST BLEW OVER
SQUAD CAR
PAULSONThe 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, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 28 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 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.