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Tornado Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 2, 1992Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1992, 4:36 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Sep 2, 1992, 4:36 PM CDT (21:36 UTC)
Expired
Sep 2, 1992, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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 022136
TORSTC
MNC067-093-022200-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
436 PM CDT WED SEP 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  500 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY...MEEKER COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF WILLMAR...NEW LONDON...ATWATER AND
LITCHFIELD...GROVE CITY AND COSMOS.
 
AT 430 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUDS CONTINUED TO BE REPORTED BY SHERIFFS
DEPARTMENTS IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY. A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC
NEAR PENNOCK WHICH IS 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR. THIS STORM
CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT WILLMAR BY
445 PM AND LITCHFIELD AND COSMOS BY 500 PM.
 
 
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.
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 2, 3:25 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPope35 min
Sep 2, 3:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Stearns, Swift34 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.