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Tornado Warning 2, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1992Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 6:20 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min. 3 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
Jun 16, 1992, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Redwood County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 6:25 PM CDTTornado F3Redwood, MN
Jun 16, 6:55 PM CDTTornado F1Redwood, MN
Jun 16, 7:10 PM CDTTornado F3Redwood, 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, 11.3 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 12:00Z on 1992-06-16Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 1992-06-16The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 207 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
596 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
207 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
165 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 4:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine32 min
Jun 16, 4:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle45 min
Jun 16, 5:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine50 min
Jun 16, 5:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle54 min
Jun 16, 5:56 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine34 min
Jun 16, 6:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 16, 6:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine21 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift42 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood33 min

Nearby

Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1992Every tornado warning in 1992Tornadoes in 1992

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.