Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 5, 1993, 5:25 PM CDT for Sherburne County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 5, 1993, 5:25 PM CDT (22:25 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 5, 1993, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sherburne County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 67 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1876 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 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 KSTC 052225 RRA SVRSTC MNC141-052300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 525 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SHERBURNE COUNTY AT 525 RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER BETWEEN THE CITIES BIG LAKE AND MONTICELLO. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF BIG LAKE...ELK RIVER...AND ZIMMERMAN BY 600 PM. IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY$ INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PARKIN NNNN
What 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, Oct 5, 4:47 PM CDT, 38 minutes before
MNZ052>073-WIZ014-023-024-052245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 445 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 ...HAIL REPORTS CONTINUE TO COME IN OVER THE METRO AREA... REPORTS OF HAIL FROM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO COME IN FOR AREAS TO THE WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. RESIDENTS IN MOUND...GOLDEN VALLEY... ST. LOUIS PARK AND WAYZATA HAVE REPORTED HAIL 1/2 INCH OR GREATER... COVERING THE GROUND IN AREAS...BETWEEN 430 AND 440 PM. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND SHOULD IMPACT RESIDENTS IN THE NORTH MINNEAPOLIS AND ROSEVILLE AREAS DURING THE NEXT 30 MINUTES. FREQUENT LIGHTNING ACCOMPANIES THESE STORMS. RESIDENTS SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUDTIONS AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. LUSSKY &
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:05 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
MNZ044-050-051-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 505 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1/4 INCH HAIL AT 400 PM AND 430 PM AT THE ST CLOUD AIRPORT. 1/2 HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED NORTH OF ST JOSEPH AT 435 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BENTON...SHERBURNE...AND SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTINES UNTIL 600 PM. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:06 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MNZ049>052-059>062-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 506 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY... AT 505 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS A PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCING 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD AS OF 505 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HASTY...SILVER CREEK AND MONTICELLO IN WRIGHT COUNTY AND BECKER AND BIG LAKE IN SHERBURNE COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...AND SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. LUSSKY
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:08 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ044-050-051-052300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 505 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SEVERAL REPORTS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL HAVE BEEN RECEIVED. THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 1/4 INCH HAIL AT 400 PM AND 430 PM AT THE ST CLOUD AIRPORT. 1/2 HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED NORTH OF ST JOSEPH AT 435 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT BENTON...SHERBURNE...AND SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTINES UNTIL 600 PM. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:09 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZ049>052-059>062-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 506 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY... AT 505 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS A PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCING 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD AS OF 505 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HASTY...SILVER CREEK AND MONTICELLO IN WRIGHT COUNTY AND BECKER AND BIG LAKE IN SHERBURNE COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...AND SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. LUSSKY
Special weather statement, Oct 5, 5:21 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
MNZ049>052-059>062-052315- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 506 PM CDT TUE OCT 5 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY... AT 505 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS A PART OF AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY WHICH HAS BEEN PRODUCING 1/2 TO 3/4 INCH HAIL ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD AS OF 505 PM. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS FROM THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES PER HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE HASTY...SILVER CREEK AND MONTICELLO IN WRIGHT COUNTY AND BECKER AND BIG LAKE IN SHERBURNE COUNTY. RESIDENTS IN THESE AREAS CAN EXPECT HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING TO MOVE THROUGH THE AREA DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES...AND SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE PRECAUTIONS. LUSSKY
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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.