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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 21, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 16, 1993Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 16, 1993, 8:14 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 16, 1993, 8:14 PM CDT (01:14 UTC)
Expired
Jun 16, 1993, 9:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Meeker County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 1993-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 186 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 1993-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 102 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
186 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-212 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
608 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
102 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
107 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

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

000 
WUUS1 KSTC 170114 RRA
SVRSTC
MNC067-093-170200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
814 PM CDT WED JUN 16 1993
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY
 
AT 805 PM RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN RENVILLE COUNTY MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PERSONS IN THE CITIES OF BLOMKEST...LAKE
LILIAN...AND WILLMAR IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...COSMOS...CEDAR MILLS...AND
LITCHFIELD IN MEEKER COUNTY ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND SHOULD
SEEK SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES.
STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
 
MCBEATH PETERS
 
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 16, 7:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood61 min
Jun 16, 7:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine42 min
Jun 16, 7:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 16, 8:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville41 min
Jun 16, 8:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi21 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Stearns39 min
Jun 16, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne54 min
Jun 16, 9:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville39 min
Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod43 min
Jun 16, 9:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley118 min
Jun 16, 11:03 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRenville117 min
Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley2 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood2 hr
Jun 16, 11:46 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod104 min
Jun 17, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood, Renville113 min
Jun 17, 1:37 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXSibley113 min
Jun 17, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue, Wabasha2 hr
Jun 17, 3:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRice2 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet3 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDodge, Rice, Steele, Waseca3 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXGoodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha3 hr
Jun 17, 4:24 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXWinona3 hr
Jun 17, 3:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHouston36 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.