Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 124, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 11, 1996, 11:22 PM CDT for Isanti County, Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
- Jul 11, 1996, 11:22 PM CDT (04:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 1996, 12:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Isanti County, MN, Kanabec County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 103 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
- 416 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -71 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 931 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 70 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 120424
SVRMSP
MNC059-065-120510-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1122 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
NORTHERN ISANTI COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN KANABEC COUNTY - EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 1210 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
MORA
CAMBRIDGE
OGILIVE
DAY
* AT AT 1123 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 15
NORTHWEST OF CAMBRIDGE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
JVM
IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A
STORM APPROACvHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED
VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY.What 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 11, 7:44 PM CDT, 3 hours 38 minutes before
MNZ071-072-097-120100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN 744 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1996 THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH... LINCO
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:05 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before
MNZ006-009>011-017-018-026-120300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN 905 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1996 THE TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA... MAHNOMEN...CLEARWATER...LAKE OF WOODS...KOOCHICHING NORTHERN ST. LOUIS...ITASCA AND BELTRAMI. SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE OVER THESE AREAS TONIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED AT THIS T4IME. JVM
Special weather statement, Jul 11, 9:53 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MNZ004>096-120400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN 953 PM CDT THU JUL 11 1996 THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 763 FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA... SOUTHERN ST. LOUIS...PINE AND AITKIN COUNTIES. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM FOR THOSE COUNTIES. TORNADO WATCH ALSO REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR SMALL PART OF EXTREME NORTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 1100 PM. JVM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 45 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996
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.