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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 212, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 14, 1996Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 14, 1996, 10:02 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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
Oct 14, 1996, 10:02 PM CDT (03:02 UTC)
Expired
Oct 14, 1996, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Stearns County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 111 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 00:00Z on 1996-10-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1996-10-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 347 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1656 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
18 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
347 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
537 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.1

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.