Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 117, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1996, 7:43 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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
- Jul 1, 1996, 7:43 PM CDT (00:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1996, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrison County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 8:05 PM CDT | Hail 1.5 | Swanville, 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 00:00Z, 0.7 hours before the alert went out and 139 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
- 1619 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 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 KMSP 020045
SVRMSP
MNC097-020145-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
743 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 845 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
SWANVILLE
FLENSBURG
SOBLESKI
ELMDALE
* AT 740 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
EAST OF LONG PRAIRIE...35 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. FUNNEL CLOUDS HAVE BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS
STORM AND REMAIN A POSSIBILITY.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
MCBEATH PETERSWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:25 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ074-080>082-089-090-020045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 722 PM CDT MON JUL 1 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE TORNADO WATCH ISSUED LATE THIS AFTERNOON HAS BEEN CANCELLED ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE COUNTIES NO LONGER IN THE WATCH INCLUDE... BROWN...COTTONWOOD...JACKSON...MURRAY... NOBLES...AND WANTONWAN. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS MOVED TO THE EAST AND SOUTH OF THIS AREA. MARGRAF!
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 7:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 57 min |
| Jul 1, 10:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 36 min |
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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.