Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1992, 7:44 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
- Sep 4, 1992, 7:44 AM CDT (12:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 4, 1992, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Rice County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 8:25 AM CDT | Hail 0.88 | Goodhue, 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, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 70 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1228 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 631 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 900 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 041245 SVRRST MNC131-049-041330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 744 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN RICE COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...WESTERN GOODHUE COUNTY AT 735 AM...RICE COUNTY SHERIFF DEPARTMENT REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OCCURING 5 MILES NW OF THE CITY OF FARIBAULT. RADAR INDICATED THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH...CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING INCLUDE FARIBAULT...CANON CITY...AND HADER. 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 LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS" QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. TESKE
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, Sep 4, 4:42 AM CDT, 3 hours 2 minutes before
MNC003-019-037-053-123-127-129-139-143-163-171-WIC093-095-109-041045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 440 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. AT 435 AM THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED IN A 75 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR WADENA IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO CHASKA...IN THE EXTREME WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. HAIL OF ONE-HALF INCH DIAMETER WAS REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF ST CLOUD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 430 AM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORM AREA RAN FROM WADENA IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO CAMBRIDGE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO BUFFALO AND CHASKA...JUST WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE WEST HALF OF THE TWIN CITIES4 BY ABOUT 530 AM. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF NEEDED. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 5:10 AM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before
MNZ014-041115- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 510 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SHERBURNE COUNTY.... AT 500 AM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WAS MOVING THROUGH SHERBURNE COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS APPROACHING ELK RIVER AND WILL PASS THROUGH THE ELK RIVER AREA BY 515 AM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULD STAY ALERT FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENTS ON THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS STORM. JONES NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 5:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MNZ011-12-14-041200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 540 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...AM THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 535 AM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATE NEAR PAYNESVILLE...DASSEL...MILACA...AND PRINCETON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH. THIS MOVEMENT WILL PLACE THE STORMS tNEAR COLD SPRING...COKATO...AND KIMBALL BETWEEN 545 AND 615 AM CDT. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR COMMERCIAL RADIO FOR THE LATEST STATEMENTS CONCERNING THESE THUNDERSTORMS. VC NNNN
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 6:06 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MNC003-041200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 605 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED OVER WRIGHT COUNTY OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AT 605 AM. THEY WERE LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS...NEAR THE TOWN OF BUFFALO. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STORMS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL ENTER HENNEPIN COUNTY BY ABOUT 615 AM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM NEAR PRINCETON IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THROUGH THE NORTHERN A2ND EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES...INTO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Sep 4, 6:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MNC053-123-WIC095-109-041245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 638 AM CDT FRI SEP 4 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHWEST TWIN CITIES... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER MAPLE GROVE IN NORTHERN HENNENPIN COUNTY OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AT 635 AM. HALF-INCH HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED AT MAPLE GROVE AT 630 AM. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. IT WILL BE MOVING ACROSS THE NORTHERN SUBURBS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES BY ABOUT 730 AM. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA FROM NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE EASTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES INTO EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. RAINSHOWERS...WITH A FEW THUNDERSTORMS...WERE ALSO OCCURRING OVER ABOUT THE SOUTH THIRD OF MINNESOTA...TO THE NORTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...TO LAKE CITY...TO EAU CLAIRE WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORMS. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHPELTER. KRAFT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 7:19 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 26 min |
| Sep 4, 8:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 39 min |
| Sep 4, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Goodhue, Steele | 44 min |
| Sep 4, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 44 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1992Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1992
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.