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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 2, 1992Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1992, 3:25 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1992, 3:25 PM CDT (20:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1992, 4:00 PM CDT
In force
35 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Pope County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 166 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 1992-09-02Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 7 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 12:00Z on 1992-09-02The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 103 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
7 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-48 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
103 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
96 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 KSTC 022025
TORSTC
MNC121-022100-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
325 PM CDT WED SEP 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  400 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...POPE COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GLENWOOD...STARBUCK...SEDAN AND TERRACE.
 
AT 315 PM POPE COUNTY SHERIFFS DEPARTMENT REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS
10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GLENWOOD WHICH IS 17 MILES SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA.
ALSO AN UNCONFIRMED PUBLIC REPORT OF A TORNADO JUST EAST OF CYRUS
WHICH IS 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
 
 
 
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.
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns, Swift34 min
Sep 2, 4:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker24 min
Sep 2, 5:05 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker25 min
Sep 2, 5:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMcLeod, Renville42 min
Sep 2, 6:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet26 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.