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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 79, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 14, 1992Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 14, 1992, 5:08 AM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 14, 1992, 5:08 AM CDT (10:08 UTC)
Expired
Sep 14, 1992, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Faribault County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 00:00Z on 1992-09-14Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1992-09-14The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 1 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1497 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
54 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
1 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
123 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 141010
SVRRST
MNC043-141100-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
508 AM CDT MON SEP 14 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...FARIBAULT COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF WINNEBAGO...BLUE EARTH...
ELMORE...WELLS...AND BRICELYN.
 
AT 500 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM OVER
FAIRMONT IN MARTIN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
 
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH INTO
FARIBAULT COUNTY.
 
BY 515 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE NEAR
WINNEBAGO...BLUE EARTH...AND ELMORE.
 
BY 530 AM CDT THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WILL BE APPROACHING
WELLS AND BRICELYN.
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM...GO TO A SAFE
REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR
PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL
10 AM CDT.
 
SCS
 
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.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 14, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan42 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.