Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Sioux Falls, SD
NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1996, 5:05 PM CDT for Nobles County, Rock County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min. 5 reports 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 19, 1996, 5:05 PM CDT (22:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1996, 5:35 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Sioux Falls, SD
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Nobles County, MN, Rock County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lismore, MN | |
| Jun 19, 5:30 PM CDT | Hail 4.5 | Adrian, MN | |
| Jun 19, 5:34 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Magnolia, MN | |
| Jun 19, 5:45 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 62 | Adrian, MN | |
| Jun 19, 5:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Rushmore, 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 232 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 519 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 110 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KFSD 192205 SVRFSD MNC105-133-192235- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SIOUX FALLS SD 505 PM CDT WED JUN 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN SIOUX FALLS SD HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 535 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN NOBLES COUNTY ...NORTHERN ROCK COUNTY AT 502 PM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY SIOUX FALLS DOPPLER RADAR 16 MILES SOUTH OF PIPESTONE OR NEAR HARDWICK. A SECOND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS NEAR THE TOWN OF ST KILLIAN OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF WORTHINGTON. BOTH STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM CAN BE EXPECTED IN THE VICINITY OF... HARDWICK AROUND 505 PM CDT KENNETH AROUND 515 PM CDT MAGNOLIA AROUND 520 PM CDT LISMORE AROUND 525 PM CDT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OBF 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. HEITKAMP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Sioux Falls, SD issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Pipestone | 46 min |
| Jun 19, 4:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FSD | Nobles, Rock | 30 min |
| Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 34 min |
| Jun 19, 6:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 35 min |
| Jun 19, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 33 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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.