Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 62, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 19, 1996, 1:59 AM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 76 min. 3 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, 1:59 AM CDT (06:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 19, 1996, 3:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 76 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Goodhue County, MN, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 85 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:00 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, 2:00 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 75 | River Falls, WI | |
| May 19, 2:15 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Zumbrota, MN | |
| May 19, 2:20 AM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 65 | Pine Island, 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, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 190701 SVRMSP MNC049-WIC005-017-033-035-091-093-095-107-109-190815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 159 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...GOODHUE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...BARRON COUNTY...WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...DUNN COUNTY ...WESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY...PEPIN COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY ...POLK COUNTY...RUSK COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY AT 155 AM CDT...A SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER EXTREME PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EXTREMLY DAMAGING WINDS...ALONG WITH SEMI-TRUCK BLOWN OVER WAS REPORTED IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF CANNON FALLS...ELLSWORTH..RIVER FALLS...MENOMONIE...EAU CfLAIRE...RICE LAKE AND ST CROIX. WINDS GREATER THAN 75 MPH MAKE THIS A DANGEROUS STORM. GET READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD GO TO A SHELTER. &
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 | 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 | 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 |
| May 18, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 54 min |
| May 19, 12:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 53 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 62 min |
| May 19, 12:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 62 min |
| May 19, 1:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 58 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 76 min |
| May 19, 1:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk, Saint Croix | 76 min |
| May 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 60 min |
| May 19, 2:45 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 60 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.