Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 42, NWS Sioux Falls, SD

June 5, 1996Cottonwood County, Murray County, Minnesota

NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1996, 7:28 PM CDT for Cottonwood County, Murray County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 5, 1996, 7:28 PM CDT (00:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 5, 1996, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
62 min
Issued by
NWS Sioux Falls, SD
Area
Whole counties

Counties Cottonwood County, MN, Murray County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:31 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 1996-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 238 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 1996-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 137 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
238 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-83 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
811 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
31 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
137 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
99 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KFSD 060028
SVRFSD
MNC033-101-060130-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD
728 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1996

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS SD HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...

IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

   ...COTTONWOOD COUNTY
   ...EASTERN MURRAY COUNTY
 
AT 725 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY SIOUX FALLS
DOPPLER RADAR 26 MILES SOUTH OF MARSHALL  OR 2 MILES WEST OF CURRIE
MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF...
AVOCA                    AROUND 730 PM CDT
CURRIE                   AROUND 730 PM CDT
DOVRAY                   AROUND 735 PM CDT
WESTBROOK                AROUND 740 PM CDT
STORDEN                  AROUND 750 PM CDT
JEFFERS                  AROUND 755 PM CDT
DELFT                    AROUND 800 PM CDT
BINGHAM LAKE             AROUND 805 PM CDT
MOUNTAIN LAKE            AROUND 810 PM CDT
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS.

REMEBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCED WARNING.

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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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.