Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 1:27 AM CDT for Fillmore County, Houston County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- May 18, 1996, 1:27 AM CDT (06:27 UTC)
- Expired
- May 18, 1996, 2:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Fillmore County, MN, Houston County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 3047 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -34 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1569 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 155 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 270 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.0
- Supercell composite
- 12.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 180629 SVRRST MNC045-055-180700- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 127 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...SOUTHEASTERN FILLMORE COUNTY...HOUSTON COUNTY AT 120 AM...RADAR INDICATED AT SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE STORM ARE HARMONY...PRESTON...RUSHFORD...HOUSTON AND CALEDONIA. THE STORM SHOULD BE NEAR HARMONY BY 135 AM...PRESTON BY 145 AM AND HOUSTON BY 200 AM. QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED NEAR CRESCO IOWA AT 120 AM. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8AM. REMEMBER...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASSIONALY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING. &&
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, May 17, 9:25 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
MNZALL-180300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN 925 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996 THE TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 383 HAS BEEN DISCONTINUED AND IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE OVER THIS AREA UNTIL MIDNIGHT. BRIEF HEAVY RAINS...SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS UP TO 40 MILES AN HOUR ARE LIKELY WITH PASSAGE OF THE STRONGER STORMS. ADDITIONAL INFORhMATION... A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 100 AM SATURDAY MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR NORTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL 200 AM. JVM
Local storm report, May 17, 9:57 PM CDT, 3 hours 30 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN
956 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996
TIME EVENT/COUNTY
620 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL - MARIETTA IN LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTY
650 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL REPORTED IN WESTERN STEVENS
COUNTY
651 PM CDT TORNADO - JUST WEST OF MORRIS IN STEVENS COUNTY
745 PM CDT FUNNEL CLOUD - WESTERN STEARNS
800 PM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AT SAUK CENTRE IN STEARN COUNTY
820-845 PM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND 50 MPH WIND GUST NEAR CUSHING
IN MORRISON COUNTY
955 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL AT CLEAR LAKE IN EASTERN STEARNS
COUNTY
JVMSpecial weather statement, May 17, 11:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 41 minutes before
WIZ014-180515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1146 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996 AT 1145 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH HAD EARLIER PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHERN POLK COUNTY HAD MOVED NORTHEAST INTO BURNETT COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN POLK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 1145 PM. JJ
Special weather statement, May 17, 11:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
WIZ014-180515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1146 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996 AT 1145 PM...RADAR INDICATED THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WHICH HAD EARLIER PRODUCED LARGE HAIL OVER NORTHERN POLK COUNTY HAD MOVED NORTHEAST INTO BURNETT COUNTY. THEREFORE...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN POLK COUNTY HAS BEEN CANCELLED AS OF 1145 PM. JJ
Special weather statement, May 18, 12:38 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNZ004>096-180640- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1237 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 1996 ...WESTERN PORTIONS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM AND TORNADO WATCHES CANCELLED... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE SHIFTED INTO THE ARROWHEAD OF MINNESOTA EXTENDING SOUTHWARD INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN AND THE EXTREME EASTERN PARTS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THEREFORE THE WESTERN PARTS OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 387 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED INCLUDING INTERNATIONAL FALLS AND HIBBING. IN ADDITION...THE WESTERN PARTS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 386 HAVE BEEN CANCELLED INCLUDING MANKATO...HUTCHINSON AND ST. CLOUD. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE TWIN CITIES METRO UNTIL 1 AM. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE REDEVELOPING IN NORTH CENTRAL IOWA AND ARE PUSHING TO THE NORTHEAST. THESE STORMS WILL BE ENTERING PARTS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA BY 130 AM. A NEW WEATHER WATCH MAY BE ISSUED FOR THIS AREA SHORTLY. MBK "
Local storm report, May 18, 12:59 AM CDT, 28 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHANHASSEN/TWIN CITIES MN
100 AM CDT SAT MAY 18 1996
TIME EVENT/COUNTY
1000 PM CDT GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL - SOUTH BRANCH/WATONWAN COUNTY
1025 PM CDT PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN MANKATO/BLUE EARTH COUNTY
1100 PM CDT PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN NEW MARKET/SOUTHERN SCOTT
COUNTY
1115 PM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN BLOOMINGTON/HENNEPIN COUNTY
1117 PM CDT MARBLE SIZE HAIL IN WEST ST PAUL/RAMSEY COUNTY
1127 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND IN FREDERIC
IN POLK COUNTY WI
1145 PM CDT QUARTER SIZE HAIL IN NEW RICHMOND/ST CROIX COUNTY WI
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JUSKIEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 17, 7:00 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 45 min |
| May 17, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 40 min |
| May 17, 7:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 11 min |
| May 17, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 49 min |
| May 17, 8:03 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Todd | 27 min |
| May 17, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 17 min |
| May 17, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 49 min |
| May 17, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 40 min |
| May 17, 9:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns | 31 min |
| May 17, 9:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 26 min |
| May 17, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 27 min |
| May 17, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 35 min |
| May 17, 10:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 41 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.