Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1996
Tornado Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 21, 1996, 8:57 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 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
- Jul 21, 1996, 8:57 PM CDT (01:57 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 1996, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 112 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:56 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 9:05 PM CDT | Thunderstorm Wind 52 | Brooten, 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, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -40 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1193 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 47 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 24 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 220159
TORMSP
MNC067-145-220230-
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
857 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1996
* TORNADO WARNING FOR
NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 930 PM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
BROOTEN
ELROSA
BELGRADE
SUNBURG
* AT 855 PM CDT LAW ENFORCEMENT REPORTED A DAMAGING WINDS 10 MILES
WEST OF BROOTEN...OR ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. RADAR ALSO INDICATED A DEVELOPING
TORNADO 10 MILES WEST OF BROOTEN.
GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING...TO THE LOWEST FLOOR...AND GET
UNDER A DESK OR WORKBENCH.
TDKThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 42 min |
| Jul 21, 7:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Jul 21, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 52 min |
| Jul 21, 9:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 29 min |
| Jul 21, 9:35 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Jul 21, 9:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 37 min |
| Jul 21, 10:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 43 min |
| Jul 21, 10:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs | 23 min |
| Jul 21, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 61 min |
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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.