Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 142, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 21, 1996, 8:48 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 2 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
- Jul 21, 1996, 8:48 PM CDT (01:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1996, 9:40 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:51 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 8:58 PM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Lastrup, MN | |
| Jul 21, 9:00 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Freedhem, 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, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 220150
SVRMSP
MNC097-153-220240-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
848 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL TODD COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 940 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
LONG PRAIRIE
BURTRUM
GREY EAGLE
SWANVILLE
UPSALA
* AT 847 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES EAST-NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA...OR ABOUT 10 MILES WEST OF
LONG PRAIRIE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE LIKELY. GO INSIDE A STURDY
BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS!
TDKWhat 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 21, 6:04 PM CDT, 2 hours 44 minutes before
MNZ004>096-220010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 604 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED IN FAR NORTHWEST... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...HALLOCK...ROSEAU AND RED LAKE FALLS. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT INTO THE EVENING FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHEATON TO PINE CITY. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:21 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MNZ004>096-220010- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 603 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1996 ...SEVERE WEATHER THREAT HAS ENDED IN FAR NORTHWEST... THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS ENDED IN FAR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE TOWNS OF THIEF RIVER FALLS...HALLOCK...ROSEAU AND RED LAKE FALLS. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM FOR THIS AREA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE MINNESOTA COUNTIES CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH ARE KITTSON...ROSEAU...MARSHALL...PENNINGTON AND RED LAKE. TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT INTO THE EVENING FOR THE REST OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA...NORTH OF A LINE FROM WHEATON TO PINE CITY. KAVINSKY ...ADDED S(PECIFIC COUNTIES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 8:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 33 min |
| Jul 21, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 61 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.