Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 9, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 17, 1996, 9:44 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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 17, 1996, 9:44 PM CDT (02:44 UTC)
- Expired
- May 17, 1996, 10:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:43 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 17, 9:55 PM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Clear Lake, 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, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 KMSP 180245 SVRMSP MNC141-145-180315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 944 PM CDT FRI MAY 17 1996 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 935 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR KIMBALL OR 15 SOUTH ST CLOUD. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...FAIRHAVEN...LUXEMBURG CLEARLAKE AND ST CLOUD. MARBLE SIZED HAIL WAS REPOTED IN KIMBALL WITH THIS STORM. N STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING AND CONSIDER HEADING FOR THE BASEMENT. MOBILE HOME RESIDENTS SHOULD GO TO A STORM SHELTER.
The 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, 9:49 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 |
| May 18, 1:27 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 33 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.