Tornado Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 16, 1992, 10:57 PM CDT (03:57 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1992, 11:30 PM CDT

In force

33 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Brown County, 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.

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TTAA00 KRST 170358
TORRST
MNC015-170430-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
1057 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...BROWN COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF SPRINGFIELD...COBDEN...AND
SLEEPY EYE.
 
A TORNADO WAS REPORTED ON THE GROUND NEAR SPRINGFIELD BY THE
BROWN COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE.
 
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.  USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED
BUILDING.  AS A vLAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH
OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.