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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 16, 1992Fillmore County, Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 16, 1992, 3:42 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: May 16, 1992, 3:42 PM CDT (20:42 UTC)
Expired: May 16, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 156 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 657 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 30 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 285 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 250 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 KRST 162043
SVRRST
MNC047-147-039-045-099-109-162130-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
342 PM CDT SAT MAY 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  430 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...FREEBORN COUNTY...SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...DODGE COUNTY...NORTHWESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY...MOWER COUNTY
   ...OLMSTED COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF AUSTIN...ALBERT LEA...
SPRING VALLEY...BLOOMING PRAIRIE...ROCHESTER.
AT 330 PM CDT RADAR INDICATES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE
BEEN PRODUCING HAIL...STRONG WINDS...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO A SAFE
REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
 
 
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 LO!WEST 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
May 16, 2:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mower, Olmsted	40 min
May 16, 2:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dodge	32 min
May 16, 3:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dodge, Freeborn, Mower, Steele	48 min
May 16, 4:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wabasha, Winona	48 min
May 16, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Fillmore, Mower, Olmsted	42 min
May 16, 4:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wabasha, Winona	42 min
May 16, 5:18 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Houston, Winona	42 min
May 16, 5:38 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Fillmore	37 min
May 16, 6:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Fillmore, Houston	39 min

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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.