Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 1:55 PM CDT for Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 1:55 PM CDT (18:55 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 2:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 50 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mower County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.9 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 1374 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 137 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRST 031859 RRA SVRRST MNC099-031945- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN 155 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 245 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...MOWER COUNTY AT 150 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN AUSTIN AND LYLE IN SOUTHWEST MOWER COUNTY. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME OF THE TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...AUSTIN...ROSE CREEK AND DEXTER. 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. PAULSON/CARLYON
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 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
MN017-018-019-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1230 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...WESTERN PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 579 CANCELLED... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND SEVERAL WARNINGS HAS SHIFTED OUT OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE. AT 1230PM THE LINE OF STRONGEST STORMS RAN FROM JUST EAST OF NORTHFIELD TO NEAR OWATONNA TO JUST OF FAIRMONT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHFIELD TO FAIRMONT. THE CITIES OF ROCHESTER...MANTORVILLE.. AUSTIN AND ALBERT LEA REMAIN IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 12:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MN017-018-019-031800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1230 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...WESTERN PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 579 CANCELLED... THE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PROMPTED THE ISSUANCE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND SEVERAL WARNINGS HAS SHIFTED OUT OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND TOWARD THE SOUTHEAST PORTION OF THE STATE. AT 1230PM THE LINE OF STRONGEST STORMS RAN FROM JUST EAST OF NORTHFIELD TO NEAR OWATONNA TO JUST OF FAIRMONT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHFIELD TO FAIRMONT. THE CITIES OF ROCHESTER...MANTORVILLE.. AUSTIN AND ALBERT LEA REMAIN IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:37 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-031945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 137 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 135 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CITY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS JUST MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. IT WILL MOVE INTO THE NELSON...ALMA AREA OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY ABOUT 145 PM. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND FLASH-FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING NEAR ROCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAVINES AND SMALL VALLEYS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND FOR SAFETY. THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER SCATTERED SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH HALF OF MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. THEY WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR DULUTH MINNESOTA TO HAYWARD WISCONSIN TO EAU CLAIRE TO ALMA TO FOUNTAIN MINNESOTA TO LYLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:39 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-031945- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 137 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 135 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR LAKE CITY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AND WAS JUST MOVING ACROSS THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. IT WILL MOVE INTO THE NELSON...ALMA AREA OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BY ABOUT 145 PM. HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND FLASH-FLOOD PRODUCING RAINS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING NEAR ROCHESTER AND ALBERT LEA IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. FLASH FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN LOW-LYING AREAS AS WELL AS RAVINES AND SMALL VALLEYS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND FOR SAFETY. THUNDERSHOWERS CONTINUED OVER SCATTERED SECTIONS OF THE SOUTH HALF OF MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN. THEY WERE WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR DULUTH MINNESOTA TO HAYWARD WISCONSIN TO EAU CLAIRE TO ALMA TO FOUNTAIN MINNESOTA TO LYLE. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MN016-019-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... EAST WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ROLLED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND 3PM IN THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA. ONCE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXITS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EAST WINDS WILL PROBALLY KICK INTO THE 40 MPH RANGE BEHIND THEM AS WELL. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 1:45 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MN016-019-032045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 145 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...GUSTY WINDS ACROSS EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... EAST WINDS OF AROUND 40 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA IN THE WAKE OF THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WHICH ROLLED THROUGH EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. WIND GUSTS OF 35 TO 45 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL AROUND 3PM IN THE TWIN CITY METRO AREA. ONCE THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXITS SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA EAST WINDS WILL PROBALLY KICK INTO THE 40 MPH RANGE BEHIND THEM AS WELL. PAULSON
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 47 min |
| Jul 3, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 43 min |
| Jul 3, 11:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Le Sueur, Waseca | 56 min |
| Jul 3, 12:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele | 39 min |
| Jul 3, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 38 min |
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Winona | 36 min |
| Jul 3, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Houston, Winona | 42 min |
| Jul 3, 3:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore | 40 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.