Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 2:48 PM CDT for Houston County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 2:48 PM CDT (19:48 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 3, 1993, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Houston County, MN, Winona County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 193 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 031950 RRA SVRRST MNC055-169-032030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 248 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...HOUSTON COUNTY...EASTERN WINONA COUNTY AT 245 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM WILSON TO RUSHFORD. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED NEAR RUSHFORD...OR 26 MILES WEST OF LA CROSSE. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE HOUSTON...WINONA...AND LA CRESENT. PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. MOTORISTS SHOULD GET OFF THE ROAD AND FIND A SAFE SHELTER. 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, Jul 3, 12:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 18 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, 2 hours 10 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, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 9 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, 1 hour 3 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, 1 hour 3 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, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 50 min |
| Jul 3, 2:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Winona | 36 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.