Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 12, 1993, 7:17 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 12, 1993, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 1993, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Kandiyohi County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 115 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
- 98 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -25 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1459 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 98 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 130017 RRA SVRSTC MNC067-130100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 717 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY AT 710 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST TO THE WEST OF WILLMAR. THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 15 MPH. THE CITY OF SUNBURG AND THE SIBLEY CAMPGROUND IS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. FRASER 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, Jun 12, 5:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-122345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 539 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...VERY HEAVY RAINS LIKELY FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST IOWA...AND HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO MOVE ACROSS THE MINNESOTA BORDER AT 530 PM. THEY WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MARSHALL MINNESOTA TO FAIRMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME LOWLAND AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE MARSHALL...FAIRMONT AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NEAR SPOONER TO PLUM CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 5:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-122345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 539 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...VERY HEAVY RAINS LIKELY FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN NORTHWEST IOWA...AND HAD ALREADY BEGUN TO MOVE ACROSS THE MINNESOTA BORDER AT 530 PM. THEY WERE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEAR MARSHALL MINNESOTA TO FAIRMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS DURING THE EVENING WHICH COULD CAUSE SOME LOWLAND AND SMALL STREAM FLOODING. IN ADDITION...THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AND NORTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY IN THE MARSHALL...FAIRMONT AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...SHOULD BE READY TO TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY PRECAUTIONS AGAINST THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE FLOODING DURING THE NEXT FEW HOURS. LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM NEAR SPOONER TO PLUM CITY. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MPH. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:20 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ014-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 620 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 615 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM GRANITE FALLS IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY TO ORTONVILLE IN BIG STONE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS BUT THEY CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:27 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
MNZ014-130000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 620 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 615 PM NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA GENERALLY NORTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM GRANITE FALLS IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY TO ORTONVILLE IN BIG STONE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE THU`NDERSTORMS BUT THEY CAN PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...GUSTY WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:41 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-130045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 641 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE 530 PM. THEY WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 630 PM...MAINLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LITCHFIELD TO GLENCOE TO WINNEBAGO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN GLENCOE AND GRANITE FALLS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM IOWA INTO THE FAIRMONT ...ALBERT LEA AREA OF EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SMALL STREAM AND LOWLAND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THIS AREA. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 12, 6:42 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-130045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 641 PM CDT SAT JUN 12 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOP RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE 530 PM. THEY WERE WIDELY SCATTERED OVER SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 630 PM...MAINLY TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM LITCHFIELD TO GLENCOE TO WINNEBAGO. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN GLENCOE AND GRANITE FALLS. THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHWARD FROM IOWA INTO THE FAIRMONT ...ALBERT LEA AREA OF EXTREME SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. SMALL STREAM AND LOWLAND FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN THIS AREA. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEKN SAFE SHELTER. KRAFT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 43 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.