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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 17, 1992Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 17, 1992, 2:03 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 17, 1992, 2:03 PM CDT (19:03 UTC)
Expired
Aug 17, 1992, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Kandiyohi County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 17, 2:25 PM CDTHail 0.75Kandiyohi, 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, 7.1 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 171903
SVRSTC
MNC067-171930-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
203 PM CDT MON AUG 17 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  230 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY
 
AT 200 PM CDT RADAR CONTINUED TO INDICATE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5
MILES NORTH OF WILLMAR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE NEW
LONDON ...SPICER...WILLMAR AND ATWATER. THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TTHE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD
CONTINUE TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM.
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...PEOPLE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A
STRONG BUILDING.  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 WATRER CROSSINGS.
 
NNNN

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, 1:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi32 min
Aug 17, 1:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBig Stone49 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.