Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1992
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 15, 1992, 9:16 PM CDT for Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 15, 1992, 9:16 PM CDT (02:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 15, 1992, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Rice County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 60 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
- 1883 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -88 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 717 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 350 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 456 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 2.8
- Supercell composite
- 8.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 160216 SVRRST MNC131-160245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 916 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN RICE COUNTY AT 915 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE CHICAGO...42 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM WERE WEBSTER...DUNDAS...AND NORTHFIELD. 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.
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 15, 6:19 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before
MNZ012-014-015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 618 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 615 PM...THE 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM ST PETER ...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA FROM JORDAN TO FARMINGTON AND THEN SOUTHEAST TO CANNON FALLS AND ZUMBRO FALLS. PRESENT MOVEMENT OF NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN TWIN CITIES AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 645 PM. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. ANYONE ON AREA LAKES OR PERSONS ENGAGED IN OTHER OUTDOOR ACTVITIES SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. < PERSONS IN WESTERN WISCOSNIN WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ST CROIX FALLS...RIVER FALLS AND ELLSWORTH AREAS BY 7 PM THIS EVENING. DWE
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 6:24 PM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MNZ012-014-015-016-017-018-019-WIZ003-006-150100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED THIRD PARAGRAPH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 618 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...WERE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 615 PM...THE 25 MILE WIDE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVIEST RAIN...WAS LOCATED FROM ST PETER ...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA FROM JORDAN TO FARMINGTON AND THEN SOUTHEAST TO CANNON FALLS AND ZUMBRO FALLS. PRESENT MOVEMENT OF NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH WILL BRING THE THUNDERSTORMS TO THE HEART OF THE DOWNTOWN TWIN CITIES AREA BETWEEN 630 AND 645 PM. ALONG WITH THE HEAVY RAIN...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE ALSO OCCURRING WITH THE STORMS. ANYONE ON AREA LAKES OR PERSONS ENGAGED IN OTHER OUTDOOR ACTVITIES SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. < PERSONS IN WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL SEE SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE ST CROIX FALLS...RIVER FALLS AND ELLSWORTH AREAS BY 7 PM THIS EVENING. DWE
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 44 minutes before
MNZ014-015-016-017-018-019-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 733 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1992 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH REDWOOD COUNTY... AT 733 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS NEAR ROWENA. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE MORGAN AND CLEMENTS AREA OF EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY THROUGH 745 PM. AT 715 PM...PEA TO MARhBLE SIZE HAIL AND MINOR STREET FLOODING WAS REPORTED IN WABASSO. PERSONS IN EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS WHEN THESE STROMS APPROACH. MOTORISTS SHOULD NEVER DRIVE THROUGH ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER. DWE/MBM
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 8:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MNZ014-015-016-017-018-019-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 800 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1992 ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 730 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINFALL THAT EXTENDED FROM REDWOOD FALLS...THROUGH LE SUEUR AND NEW PRAGUE...AND INTO WISCONSIN NEAR ELLSWORTH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING... GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA THROUGH 10 PM. FLOODING OF STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE. DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH A WATER COVERED STREET. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MBM
Special weather statement, Sep 15, 9:00 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZ014-015-016-017-018-019-WIZ03-06-160130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 900 PM CDT TUE SEP 15 1992 ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING... A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL CONTINUED MOVING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA...THROUGH GAYLORD AND WACONIA...ACROSS THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES... AND INTO WISCONSIN NEAR MENOMONIE. BETWEEN 730 PM AND 8 PM THIS EVENING...ABOUT ONE AND A HALF INCHES OF RAIN /1.65/ FELL IN SAVAGE MINNESOTA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD CONTINUE OVER THE SAME GENERAL AREA THROUGH 11 PM AND WILL CONTINUE TO PRODUCE TORRENTIAL RAINS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING ...GUSTY WINDS AND SOME HAIL. FLOODING OF STREETS AND SMALL STREAMS IS A POTENTIAL PROBLEM TONIGHT. PERSONS WHO LIVE NEAR SMALL RIVERS OR STREAMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOK- OUT FOR FLOODING. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED ROADS. SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ALSO CONTINUED ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THEY WERE LOCATED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE MINNESOTA...TO PINE CITY...TO HAYWARD WISCONSIN. ALL OF THE PRECIPITATION WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. MBM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 38 min |
| Sep 15, 10:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 4 hr |
| Sep 16, 2:04 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 116 min |
| Sep 16, 3:22 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
| Sep 16, 3:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 43 min |
| Sep 16, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 18 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.