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Tornado Warning 8, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1992Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 16, 1992, 10:20 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1992, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1992, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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 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

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 170320
TORSTC
MNC173-170345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
1020 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY
 
INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GRANITE FALLS AND HANLEY FALLS.
 
AT 1015 PM GRANITE FALLS SHERIFF REPORTS EXTREMELY HIGH WINDS
IN GRANITE FALLS. THIS SEVERE STORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO
15 MILES WEST OF GRANITE FALLS.
PERSONS IN GRANITE FALLS SHOULD TAKE IMMEDIATE COVER.
 
 
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION.  ACT QUICKLY.  IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE.  OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE.  AVOID WINDOWS.  ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HOMES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.
 
NNINN

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, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRenville41 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, 10:30 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

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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.