Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 33, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 1, 1993, 8:46 PM CDT for Carver County, Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 1, 1993, 8:46 PM CDT (01:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 1, 1993, 9:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carver County, MN, Sibley County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.8 hours before the alert went out and 37 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
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 534 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 139 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMSP 020147 SVRMPX MNC143-019-020230- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 846 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 930 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...CARVER COUNTY AT 845 PM...WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HAMBURG AND GREEN ISLE MINNESOTA IN EXTREME SOUTHWEST CARVER COUNTY AND EXTREME EAST SIBLEY COUNTY...ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND THIS WILL CARRY IT ACROSS WACONIA AND COLOGNE BEFORE 9 PM AND CHANHASSEN AND CHASKA BY 915 PM. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO TO A STORM SHELTER. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION... BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE THE PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. TOGSTAD
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, Jul 1, 7:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 1 minute before
MNZ012-014>017-WIZ003-006-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 745 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AND FAIRFAX TO AROUND LITCHFIELD. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THIS WILL PLACE THESE STORMS IN THE COKATO...HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE AND GAYLORD AREAS BEFORE 900 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 745 PM BUT FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING ON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. KVS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 7:55 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MNZ012-014>017-WIZ003-006-020200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 745 PM CDT WED JUL 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS PUSHING EAST ACROSS CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA FROM NEAR REDWOOD FALLS AND FAIRFAX TO AROUND LITCHFIELD. THE ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND THIS WILL PLACE THESE STORMS IN THE COKATO...HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE AND GAYLORD AREAS BEFORE 900 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS ACTIVITY THROUGH 745 PM BUT FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS ARE LIKELY. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT AND THE POTENTIAL EXISTS FOR FURTHER STRENGTHENING ON THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. KEEP TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS AND LISTEN FOR FURTHER UPDATES AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS THESE STORMS MOVE INTO EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. KVS
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
MNZ014-015-016-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 811 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF GLENCOE IN MC LEOD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS REPORTED BY THE COUNTY POLICE SO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SEEN IN YOUR] AREA. THE STORMS EAST MOVEMENT OF 35 MILES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CARRY IT ACROSS LESTER PRAIRIE AND PLATO BY 835 PM AND INTO THE WACONIA AND COLOGNE VICINITY BEFORE 9 PM. TOGSTAD : . :9F5R^}nzvoZRBY*K
Special weather statement, Jul 1, 8:11 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
MNZ014-015-016-020215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 811 PM CDT THU JUL 1 1993 WEATHER RADAR SHOWS A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF GLENCOE IN MC LEOD COUNTY...OR ABOUT 35 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND TORRENTIAL RAINFALL. SEVERE CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS REPORTED BY THE COUNTY POLICE SO TAKE SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARE SEEN IN YOUR] AREA. THE STORMS EAST MOVEMENT OF 35 MILES PER HOUR WILL LIKELY CARRY IT ACROSS LESTER PRAIRIE AND PLATO BY 835 PM AND INTO THE WACONIA AND COLOGNE VICINITY BEFORE 9 PM. TOGSTAD
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 1, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Scott | 40 min |
| Jul 1, 9:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey | 47 min |
| Jul 1, 9:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 28 min |
| Jul 1, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 61 min |
| Jul 1, 10:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 21 min |
| Jul 1, 10:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 29 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.