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Tornado Warning 3, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1992Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 6:39 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 21 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 6:39 PM CDT (23:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 7:00 PM CDT
In force
21 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.7 hours before the alert went out and 180 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 162339
TORSTC
MNC173-170000-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
639 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  700 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF CLARKFIELD AND GRANITE FALLS.
 
AT 622 PM REPUBLIC AIRLINES REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 4 MILES EAST
OF CLARKFIELD MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED
A TORNADO. CLARKFIELD IS 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS.
THIS STORM WILL BE MOVING INTO THE GRANITE FALLS AREA BY 7PM.
 
 
 
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 COVE5R YOUR BODY.  AVOID WINDOWS.
 
NNNN

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, 6:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood40 min
Jun 16, 6:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift42 min
Jun 16, 6:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood33 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.