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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 17, 1992Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1992, 1:28 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 17, 1992, 1:28 PM CDT (18:28 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1992, 2:00 PM CDT
In force
32 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Kandiyohi County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 115 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 1992-08-17Temperature 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 1992-08-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 15 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
671 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
15 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 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 171828
SVRSTC
MNC067-171900-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
128 PM CDT MON AUG 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  200 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
 
AT 125 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
OUT OF POPE COUNTY AND INTO NORTHWESTERN KANDITOHI COUNTY. THIS STORM
WILL AFFECT THE TOWN OF SUNDBERG BY 140 PM. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. ALL PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD
SEEK SHELTER.
 
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
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.
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 17, 1:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope43 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBig Stone49 min
Aug 17, 2:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi27 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.