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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 27, 1992Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 27, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Pope County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jul 27, 1992, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
Expired
Jul 27, 1992, 7:16 PM CDT
In force
31 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 129 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 12:00Z on 1992-07-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1992-07-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 11 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1325 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
124 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 272345
SVRSTC
MNC067-121-145-280030-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
645 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  730 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY...POPE COUNTY...STEARNS COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF SEDAN...BROOTEN...BELGRADE AND NEW LONDON.
 
AT 635 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF
GLENWOOD WHICH IS 17 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL WESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHERN
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES BY 715 PM AFFECTING THE CITIES OF SEDAN AND
BROOTEN BY 700 PM AND BELGRADE AND NEW LONDON BETWEEN 715 AND 730 PM.
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
 
NNNN

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.