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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1992Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 7:19 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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
Jun 16, 1992, 7:19 PM CDT (00:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Renville County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDTTornado F2Renville, 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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 528 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 00:00Z on 1992-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 136 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
528 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-141 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
692 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
136 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
188 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
3.6

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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, 7:03 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift27 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift44 min
Jun 16, 7:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine44 min
Jun 16, 8:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville50 min
Jun 16, 8:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville42 min
Jun 16, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker42 min
Jun 16, 9:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi51 min
Jun 16, 10:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle28 min
Jun 16, 10:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville57 min
Jun 16, 10:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXYellow Medicine25 min
Jun 16, 10:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa60 min
Jun 16, 10:32 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown28 min
Jun 16, 10:46 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Renville34 min
Jun 16, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley68 min
Jun 16, 10:57 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBrown33 min
Jun 16, 11:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker37 min
Jun 16, 11:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright61 min
Jun 16, 11:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin35 min
Jun 16, 11:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet, Watonwan35 min
Jun 16, 11:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Scott45 min
Jun 16, 11:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns52 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin58 min
Jun 17, 12:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti58 min
Jun 17, 12:25 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago50 min
Jun 17, 2:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Mower, Olmsted38 min
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Olmsted50 min
Jun 17, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Wabasha50 min
Jun 17, 3:34 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Winona26 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.