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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 4, 1992Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 4, 1992, 8:06 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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, 8:06 AM CDT (13:06 UTC)
Expired
Sep 4, 1992, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Goodhue County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Sep 4, 8:25 AM CDTHail 0.88Goodhue, 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, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 85 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 1992-09-04Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1992-09-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 631 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRST 041308
SVRRST
MNC049-041345-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
806 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 LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY
 
AT 810AM CDT...THE ROCHESTER COLOR WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF RED WING.
 
THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE
INTO THE TOWN OF RED WING BY 825 AM CDT.
 
 
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.l  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 4, 7:19 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington26 min
Sep 4, 7:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice46 min
Sep 4, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Goodhue, Steele44 min
Sep 4, 8:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWabasha44 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.