Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1992
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1992, 3:56 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 min. 5 reports came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 2, 1992, 3:56 PM CDT (20:56 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1992, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 34 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Swift, MN | |
| Sep 2, 4:00 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Stearns, MN | |
| Sep 2, 4:02 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kandiyohi, MN | |
| Sep 2, 4:18 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Kandiyohi, MN | |
| Sep 2, 4:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Kandiyohi, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 129 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 022056 TORSTC MNC067-145-151-022130- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 356 PM CDT WED SEP 2 1992 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY...STEARNS COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SWIFT COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF BENSON...MURDOCK...SUNBURG...BROOTEN... BELGRADE...NEW LONDON AND PAYNSEVILLE. AT 340 PM CDT SHERIFFS DEPARTMENTS REPORTED FUNNEL CLOUDS 9 MILES SOUTH OF STARBUCK WHICH IS 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA AND 5 MILES NORTH OF BENSON WHICH IS 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER IN A NEARBY REINFORCED BUILDING. AS A LAST RESORT...SEEK SHELTER IN A CULVERT...DITCH OR LOW SPOT AND COVER YOUR HEAD WITH YOUR HANDS.* NNNN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2, 3:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 35 min |
| Sep 2, 4:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 24 min |
| Sep 2, 5:05 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Sep 2, 5:18 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 42 min |
| Sep 2, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 26 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.