Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1996
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 90, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 6, 1996, 1:45 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
- Jun 6, 1996, 1:45 AM CDT (06:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 6, 1996, 2:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:47 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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 169 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
- 238 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -83 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 811 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 99 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 060646
SVRMSP
MNC153-060745-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
145 AM CDT THU JUN 6 1996
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
TODD COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 245 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
EAGLE BEND
CLARISSA
BOWERSVILLE
CLOTHO
LONG PRAIRIE
* AT 145 AM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 25
MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXAN DRIA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH..
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.
JPRWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 8:19 PM CDT, 5 hours 26 minutes before
MNZ029-039-040-046-047-054>056-064-071-072-060230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 815 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...TORNADO WATCH CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 556 FOR THE WESTERN MINNESOTA COUNTIES WEST OF A LINE FROM ROTHSAY TO MORRIS TO MONTEVIDEO TO TRACY. THOSE MINNESOTA COUNTIES NO LONGER I NCLUDED IN THE TORNADO WATCH ARE WILKIN TRAVERSE GRANT STEVENS BIG STONE SWIFT LAC QUI PARLE CHIPPEWA YELLOW MEDICINE LINCOLN LYON WH
Local storm report, Jun 5, 10:03 PM CDT, 3 hours 42 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
955 PM CDT WED JUN 05 1996
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0615 PM GLENWOOD MN
06/05/96 POPE FUNNEL CLOUD
0625 PM 4 N ECHO MN
06/05/96 YELLOW MEDICINE FUNNEL CLOUD
0725 PM GAYLORD MN
06/05/96 SIBLEY FUNNEL CLOUD
0810 PM 3 N MANKATO MN
06/05/96 NICOLLET FUNNEL CLOUD
0830 PM MANKATO MN 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/96 NICOLLET
0840 PM FMONTGOMERY MN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/96 LE SUEUR
0855 PM MORRISTOWN MN 60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/96 RICE
0920 PM HARTLAND MN 70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/05/96 FREEBORNSpecial weather statement, Jun 5, 11:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MNZ049>053-058>063-066>070-074>079-082>088-091>096-060600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1155 PM CDT WED JUN 5 1996 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 558 FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. MINNESOTA IS NOW CLEAR OF ALL SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES. WH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 35 min |
| Jun 5, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca | 48 min |
| Jun 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 8:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 45 min |
| Jun 5, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 47 min |
| Jun 5, 9:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 37 min |
| Jun 5, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 18 min |
| Jun 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 40 min |
| Jun 5, 9:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 38 min |
| Jun 5, 9:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dodge | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower, Olmsted | 53 min |
| Jun 5, 9:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 1:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 1:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 49 min |
| Jun 6, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 2:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 48 min |
| Jun 6, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 49 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.