Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 12:30 AM CDT for 6 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min. 8 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
- May 19, 1996, 12:30 AM CDT (05:30 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carver County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 42 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:30 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 19, 12:45 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Bernadotte, MN | |
| May 19, 12:48 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Brownton, MN | |
| May 19, 12:50 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 60 | Mayer, MN | |
| May 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | New Auburn, MN | |
| May 19, 1:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Belle Plaine, MN | |
| May 19, 1:05 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 50 | Chanhassen, MN | |
| May 19, 1:08 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 70 | Prior Lake, MN | |
| May 19, 1:10 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 55 | New Prague, 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, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 190530 SVRMSP MNC085-143-019-139-013-015-079-103-165-190630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1230 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MCLEOD COUNTY...SIBLEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...CARVER COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...BLUE EARTH COUNTY...EASTERN BROWN COUNTY...LESUEUR COUNTY ...NICOLLET COUNTY...WATONWAN COUNTY AT 1225 AM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF HUTCHINSON TO GIBBON TO JUST WEST OF NEW ULM. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 50 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING THROUGH HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE...GAYLORD AND NEW ULM BY 1245 AM. THE STORMS WILL LIKELY AFFECT WACONIA...BELLE PLAIN...LE CENTER AND MANKATO BY 130 AM. WIND GUSTS EXCEEDING 70 MPH ARE LIKELY WITH THE PASSAGE OF THESE STORMS. 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 BASEMENT. JJ
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, 11:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 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 | 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.