Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 18, 1996, 11:05 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 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
- May 18, 1996, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Redwood County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 142 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 11:40 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 61 | Wabasso, 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, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 140 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
- 9 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -231 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2274 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 76 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 150 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 190409 SVRMSP MNC129-127-023-173-190500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1105 PM CDT SAT MAY 18 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...RENVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...REDWOOD COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...CHIPPEWA COUNTY...EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY AT 1059 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR CLARKFIELD TO NORTHWEST OF CLARA CITY..OR FROM 10 TO 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO MOVING EAST AT AT 30 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE WOOD LAKE...GRANITE FALLS...SACRED HEART AND OLIVIA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF TORNADOES IN SOUTH DAKOTA AND THE THREAT FOR TORNAODES OVER WESTERN MINNESOTA WILL BE HIGH FOR THE NEXT HOUR WITH THESE STORMS. LARGE HAIL WILL ALSO BE LIKELY. STRONG WINDS WERE REPORTED IN LYON COUNTY AT 11 PM. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. BE READY TO QUICKLY MOVE TO THE B*ASEMENT. DJM
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, 7:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 43 min |
| May 18, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 41 min |
| May 18, 9:20 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 25 min |
| May 18, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 36 min |
| May 18, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 36 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Wright | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 57 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 63 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright | 63 min |
| May 18, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 63 min |
| May 18, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| May 18, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 54 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 45 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 50 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 65 min |
| May 18, 11:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Ramsey, Washington | 65 min |
| May 19, 12:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 29 min |
| May 19, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 53 min |
| May 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Wright | 25 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley | 60 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Watonwan | 60 min |
| May 19, 12:30 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 30 min |
| May 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 45 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 62 min |
| May 19, 1:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 37 min |
| May 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 34 min |
| May 19, 1:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur | 28 min |
| May 19, 1:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower | 73 min |
| May 19, 1:48 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 76 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston, Winona | 61 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted, Wabasha | 61 min |
| May 19, 3:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 29 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.