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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 113, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 29, 1996Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1996, 5:19 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min. 1 report 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 29, 1996, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 29, 1996, 6:00 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 29, 5:20 PM CDTThunderstorm Wind 50Caledonia, 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, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 195 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 12:00Z on 1996-06-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 734 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1996-06-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 185 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
734 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-155 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1273 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
185 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
193 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.2

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 292220
SVRRST
MNC045-055-292300-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
519 PM CDT SAT JUN 29 1996
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  600 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY...SOUTHERN HOUSTON COUNTY
 
AT 512PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HARMONY MOVING EAST
AT 40 MPH. THE STORM SHOULD BE NEAR MABEL BY 520PM...SPRING GROVE BY
525PM AND CALEDONIA BY 535PM.
 
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9PM.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADL|Y LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.  FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM.  PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
 
&
GSF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 29, 2:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota29 min
Jun 29, 2:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue65 min
Jun 29, 3:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele45 min
Jun 29, 3:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge37 min
Jun 29, 4:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens27 min
Jun 29, 4:15 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDodge, Olmsted30 min
Jun 29, 4:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd42 min
Jun 29, 5:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns57 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.