Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 27, 1993, 6:59 PM CDT for Itasca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 27, 1993, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 27, 1993, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Itasca County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 12.0 hours before the alert went out and 120 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
- 3 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -8 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 540 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 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 KDLH 272359 RRA TORDLH MNC061-280030- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 659 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN ITASCA COUNTY AT 6 55 PM CDT DULUTH RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 25 MILES NORTHWEST OF GRAND RAPIDS NEAR DEER RIVER. SPOTTERS IN DEER RIVER REPORTED A POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUD. THE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR SUOMI AND MOOSE LAKE BY 7 15 PM. PEOPLE IN THIS RURAL PART OF ITASCA COUNTY SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY. IN A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DFM
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jul 27, 2:30 PM CDT, 4 hours 29 minutes before
MNZ003-004-005-007-008-009-011-012-WIZ001-003-272130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 230 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN... A SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING UNTIL 9 PM CDT. NORTHEAST MINNESOTA COUNTIES INCLUDED IN THE WATCH ARE... CASS...ITASCA...CROW WING...AITKIN...CARLTON...ST. LOUIS...PINE AND KANABEC. IN WISCONSIN...THE COUNTIES OF DOUGLAS...BURNETT AND WASHBURN ARE INCLUDED. THE DULUTH/SUPERIOR AREA IS INCLUDED IN THIS WATCH. THUNDERSTORMS...:SOME OF WHICH MAY BE SEVERE...ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON. PERSONS INVOLVED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. < PYE
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 3:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
MNZ001-002-003-004-006-007-282125- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 322 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 315 PM RADAR INDICATED SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS FROM BEMIDJI TO LOWER RED LAKE THEN NORTHWEST TO THIEF RIVER FALLS ON TO THE CANADIAN BORDER. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 20 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME BUT PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS$ FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCW NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:32 PM CDT, 2 hours 27 minutes before
MNZ001-002-003-004-006-007-282235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 432 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 900 PM CDT THIS TUESDAY AFTERNOON AND EVENING... AT 425 PM RADAR INDICATED A BROKEN LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM SOUTHERN BELTRAMI...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF BEMIDJI NEAR BLACKDUCK EXTENDING NORTHWEST TO KITTSON COUNTY AND THE CANADIAN BORDER. SOME OF THESE STORMS AROUND THE MARSHALL AND KITTSON COUNTY AREAS ARE RECEIVING SEVERAL PUBLIC REPORTS OF FUNNEL CLOUDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEASTWARD AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN ROSEAU COUNTY SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TOWNS OF GREENBUSH AND STRATHCONA. LARGE HAIL...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...DAMAGING THUNDERSTORM WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS. REMEMBER...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. PERSONS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THREATENING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND LISTEN TO YOUR LOCAL MEDIA STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. L SCW NNNN
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 13 minutes before
MNZ003-004-005-007-008-009-011-012-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 445 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM... AT 4 45 PM CDT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE CONTINUING TO DEVELOP IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. RADAR DETECTED NEWLY DEVELOPED THUNDERSTORMS NEAR BRAINERD...WALKER...AND IN EXTREME NORTHWEST ITASCA COUNTY NEAR ALVWOOD. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MPH AND WILL BE NEAR AITKIN...HILL CITY AND GRAND RAPIDS BY 5 30 PM. STRONG WINDS ALOFT WERE AIDING THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT...AND SEVERAL FUNNEL CLOUDS WERE REPORTED EARLIER IN WESTERN MINNESOTA. DFM
Special weather statement, Jul 27, 6:10 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNZ003-004-005-007-008-009-011-012-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 609 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 PM... AT 6 PM CDT DULUTH RADAR DETECTED TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHEAST MINESOTA. THE FIRST WAS NEAR LEECH LAKE AND WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SECOND AREA WAS IN RURAL ITASCA COUNTY NEAR WIRTH AND EFFIE AND WAS ALSO MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE FIRST STORMS WILL BE NEAR REMER AND DEER RIVER BY 7 PM...WHILE THE OTHER STORMS WILL MOVE OUT OF OUR AREA TOWARD NETT LAKE. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE STORMS. DFM
Local storm report, Jul 27, 6:42 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
640 PM CDT TUE JUL 27 1993
STORM DATA REPORTS FOR THE EVENING OF JUL 27 1993
ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE AND A FEW MAY BE CLARIFIED LATER
TIME COUNTY/CITY/STATE CHARACTER OF STORM...DAMAGE
CDT REPORTED BY
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431 PM BELTRAMI/TURTLE RIVER/MN TORNADO AT THE EAST END OF
TURTLE RIVER LAKE ROAD OR HWY
22 AND 27 INTERSECTION. L.E.C
456 PM ROSEAU/STRATHCONA/MN TORNADO PERIODICALLY COMING
DOWN AND GOING BACK INTO A
FUNNEL JUST WEST OF TOWN.
REPORTED BY L.E.C.
500 PM ROSEAU/STRATHCONA/MN TORNADO 5 MILES WEST OF TOWN.
503 PM BELTRAMI/KELLIHER/MN TORNADO GOING UP AND DOWN
NEAR KELLIHER. L.E.C.
511 PM ROSEAU/GREENBUSH/MN TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 8 MILES
WEST OF GREENBUSH. L.E.C.
530 PM ROSEAU/PELAN/MN TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 4 MILES
NORTH OF HWY 11 NEAR PELAN.
L.E.C.
553 PM ROSEAU/WANNASKA/MN TORNADO TOUCHDOWN 6 MILES
WEST OF WANNASKA AT 543 VIA
FARGO WEATHER SERVICE.
555 PM ROSEAU/WANNASKA/MN TORNADO 12 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WANNASKA/ L.E.C.
555 PM ROSEAU/ROSEAU/MN TORNADO 10 MILES SOUTH OF
ROSEAU/ L.E.C.
555 PM ROSEAU/WANNASKA/MN TORNADO 10 MILES EAST OF
WANNASKA/ L.E.C.
558 PM ROSEAU/SALOL/MN TORNADO 2 MILES EAST OF SALOL
MOVING TOWARD WARROAD.TRAILER
COURT BEING EVACUATED NEAR
SALOL/ L.E.C.
603 PM ROSEAU/WANNASKA/MN CONFIRMED TOUCHDOWN 4 MILES
WEST OF WANNASKA/ HAM RADIO
SPOTTER NETWORK.
604 PM ROSEAU/WARROAD/MN TORNADO 4 MILES WEST OF
WARROAD/ HAM RADIO SPOTTER
NETWORK.
623 PM ROSEAU/SALOL/MN FUNNEL CLOUD REPORTED NEAR
SALOL/ HAM RADIO SPOTTER
NETWORK.
626 PM ROSEAU/WARROAD/MN TORNADO 6-8 MILES WEST OF
WARROAD AND 1/2 INCH OF
DURING PAST 15 MINUTES.
PACKINGHAMThe office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 27, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Itasca | 22 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.