Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 1, 1992, 6:42 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 63 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
- Aug 1, 1992, 6:42 PM CDT (23:42 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 1, 1992, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 63 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meeker County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 6:50 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Meeker, 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 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 79 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -236 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1220 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 111 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 012342 SVRSTC MNC093-020045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 642 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MEEKER COUNTY AT 640 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN WESTERN MEEKER COUNTY NEAR GROVE CITY...35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF LITCHFIELD...DARWIN...STROUT AND DASSEL. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BgUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. MOTORISTS SHOULD NOT DRIVE INTO LOW WATER CROSSINGS. HAYS 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, Aug 1, 3:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 55 minutes before
MNZ008-009-010-001-012-013-014-015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-012145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 346 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 1000 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE 230 PM. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND NEAR WILLMAR AND HUTCHINSON IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 330 PM. STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL ARE POSSIBLE IN ADDITION TO THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HUTCHINSON WILL BE APPROACHING CHASKA IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BY ABOUT 415 PM. BOATERS ON MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD FOR SAFE HARBOR AS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL BE CROSSING THE SOUTH HALF OF THE LAKE BETWEEN 345 PM AND 415 PM. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 21 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 410 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WARM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 AND HIGH HUMIDITIES HAVE CREATED THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MILLE LACS WILL MOVE INTO KANABEC COUNTY BY 500 PM AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO MCLEOD COUNTY BY 515 PM. HAYS
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 4:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MNZ-012-014- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND SHORT RANGE WEATHER FORECAST NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 410 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 10 PM FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA... WARM TEMPERATURES AROUND 80 AND HIGH HUMIDITIES HAVE CREATED THE CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR THE REST OF THIS AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE SOUTHERN HALF OF LAKE MILLE LACS WILL MOVE INTO KAN ABEC COUNTY BY 500 PM AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY WILL MOVE INTO MCLEOD COUNTY BY 515 PM. HAYS
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 5:50 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
MNZ008-009-010-001-012-013-014-015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-012345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 549 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTH HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 1000 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 1100 PM... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER SOUTH CENTRAL...CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST WISCONSIN AT 530 PM. AT 545 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST LE SUEUR COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF HEIDELBERG...IN THE REDWING AREA OF NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWN OF NEW GERMANY IN CARVER COUNTY ...AND IN SOUTHWEST STEARNS COUNTY NEAR GEORGEVILLE. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING...HIKING...CAMPING...OR OPERATING FARM EQUIPMENT...SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE DUE TO THE VERY HEAVY RAIN AND SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. DWE/DLK
Special weather statement, Aug 1, 6:18 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MNC003-020015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 615 PM CDT SAT AUG 1 1992 THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 7#11...MORRISON...TODD...BENTON...MILLE LACS ...KANABEC...ISANTI...CHISAGO. THUNDERSTORMS IN THESE COUNTIES HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND NO LONGER PRESENT A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT. WET
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 4:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 53 min |
| Aug 1, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 40 min |
| Aug 1, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 34 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.