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Tornado Warning 11, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 1992Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 9, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 9, 1992, 8:07 PM CDT (01:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 1992, 8:45 PM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Redwood County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 1992-08-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5696 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-08-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 38 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
5696 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
915 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
38 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
3.5

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 100107
TORMSP
MNC127-100145-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
807 PM CDT SUN AUG 9 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  845 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...REDWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF
REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TOWARD THE
EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH INCLUDE...REDWOOD
FALLS AND GILFILLAN.
 
 
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 BA$SEMENT 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.
NAISTAT

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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.