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Tornado Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 2, 1992McLeod County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Sep 2, 1992, 5:18 PM CDT for McLeod County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min. 1 report 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, 5:18 PM CDT (22:18 UTC)
Expired: Sep 2, 1992, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Renville County, MN

What was reported inside it

Time	Report	Where	Remark
Sep 2, 5:30 PM CDT	Hail 0.75	Renville, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 80 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 022219
TORMSP
MNC085-129-022300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
518 PM CDT WED SEP 2 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...MCLEOD COUNTY...EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
 
AT 515 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF COSMOS...
ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR. PERSONS IN THE COMMUNITES
OF LAKESIDE...HUTCHINSON AND HEATHOLE SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE
INDOORS IMEDIATELY. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST
AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THESE COMMUNITIES BETWEEN 530
AND 6 PM.
 
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED NUMEROUS FUNNEL CLOUDS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES
IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY.
 
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.
DWE

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, 3:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Stearns, Swift	34 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, 6:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet	26 min

Nearby

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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.