Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 32, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1993, 5:37 PM CDT for Faribault County, Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1993, 5:37 PM CDT (22:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1993, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Faribault County, MN, Martin County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 141 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
- 938 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 109 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 KRST 292239 RRA SVRRST MNC043-091-292315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 537 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...FARIBAULT COUNTY...MARTIN COUNTY RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR FAIRMONT. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT. j KRUSE/TESKE
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 29, 12:05 PM CDT, 5 hours 32 minutes before
MNZ013-014-291700 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT 1205 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES EXPIRED... AT 1100 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. CLARKFIELD AND CANBY IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNY AND MADISON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:08 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
MNZ013-014-291700 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1205 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES EXPIRED... AT 1100 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. CLARKFIELD AND CANBY IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNY AND MADISON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:10 PM CDT, 5 hours 27 minutes before
MNZ013-014-291700 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT 1205 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES EXPIRED... AT 1100 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. CLARKFIELD AND CANBY IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNY AND MADISON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER SHOULD THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 12:12 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
MNZ013-014-291700 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION..THIS STATEMENT SHOULD BE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN A SEVERE WEATHER STATEMENT 1205 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR YELLOW MEDICINE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES EXPIRED... AT 1100 AM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...VERY GUSTY WINDS...HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. CLARKFIELD AND CANBY IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNY AND MADISON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS GUSTS 45 TO 50 MPH WITH ISOLATED GUSTS TO 60 MPH AS THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:40 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ013>018-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 440 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME WERE TRACKING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AT 440 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE AND NEAR JACKSON IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF KANDIYOHI...MEEKER... RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTY. SOME CITIES LIKELY SEEING SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA AND NEAR REDWOOD FALLS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLODDING OF STREETS...DITCHES AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER. ALSO...PARENTS SHOULD WARN CHILDREN NOT TO PLAY AROUND STORM SEWER DRAINS. THE RAIN AREA WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:40 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ013>018-292245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 440 PM CDT TUE JUN 29 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...WITH RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES IN AN HOURS TIME WERE TRACKING ACROSS EXTREME SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AT 440 PM. THE HEAVIEST RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN THE WORTHINGTON...LUVERNE AND NEAR JACKSON IN THE EXTREME SOUTHWEST. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LOCALLY HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING...WERE MOVING ACROSS PORTIONS OF KANDIYOHI...MEEKER... RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTY. SOME CITIES LIKELY SEEING SOME OF THE HEAVIER RAINFALL WERE...WILLMAR...LITCHFIELD...OLIVIA AND NEAR REDWOOD FALLS. THE STORMS PRODUCING THE HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE MENTIONED COUNTIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO THE POSSIBILITY OF FLODDING OF STREETS...DITCHES AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES. MOTORISTS ARE URGED NOT TO DRIVE ACROSS ROADWAYS COVERED WITH WATER. ALSO...PARENTS SHOULD WARN CHILDREN NOT TO PLAY AROUND STORM SEWER DRAINS. THE RAIN AREA WILL LIKELY MOVE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE STATE THROUGH 7 AM WEDNESDAY MORNING. DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 10:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 5:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Martin | 33 min |
| Jun 29, 6:15 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 6:59 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 61 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1993Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1993
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.