Tornado Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 16, 1992, 10:46 PM CDT (03:46 UTC)

Expired

Jun 16, 1992, 11:20 PM CDT

In force

34 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, 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.

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TTAA00 KMSP 170346
TORMSP
MNC129-127-170420-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1046 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1120 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 1032 PM...A TORNADO WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF OLIVIA...OR
ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS. DAMAGING WINDS WERE ALSO
REPORTED ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...IN LAMBERTON...
WHERE THE SIRENS WERE SOUNDING.
 
PEOPLE IN BIRD ISLAND...HECTOR...MORTON...MORGAN...AND SANBORN
SHOULD ALL TAKE COVER NOW.
 
THIS TORNADO WARNING IS AN UPGRADE FROM THE PREVIOUS SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING.  WESTERN REDWOOD AND WESTERN RENVILLE
COUNTIES ARE STILL UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL
1115 PM.
 
 
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.
 
TDK

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

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.