Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 3, 1993, 11:58 PM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 3, 1993, 11:58 PM CDT (04:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 1993, 12:23 AM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 20 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -475 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1349 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 40 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 279 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 599 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 16.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 040500 SVRMSP MNC129-127-040530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1158 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...EASTERN REDWOOD COUNTY AT 1155 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTH AND SOUTH OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH AND SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MORTON..MORGAN..AND FAIRFAX. VERY STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 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. JPR
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, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 28 minutes before
MNZ013-014-040330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 930 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 AM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 920 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED IN STEARNS COUNTY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE ST CLOUD AND SARTELL AREAS BY 1000 PM AND INTO THE ST STEPHEN AREA BY 1030 PM. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND MODERATE WINDS IN THE AVON AREA 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. PERSONS IN ST CLOUD... SARTELL...ST JOSEPH AND ST STEPHEN SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARISE. HAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 9:33 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
MNZ013-014-040330 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 930 PM CDT SAT JUL 3 1993 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM CDT... ...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 AM CDT... ...TORNADO WATCH FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 920 AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAD DEVELOPED IN STEARNS COUNTY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. THEY WILL MOVE INTO THE ST CLOUD AND SARTELL AREAS BY 1000 PM AND INTO THE ST STEPHEN AREA BY 1030 PM. THESE STORMS HAD PRODUCED HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND MODERATE WINDS IN THE AVON AREA 15 MILES NqORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. PERSONS IN ST CLOUD... SARTELL...ST JOSEPH AND ST STEPHEN SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH THE AREA AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING CONDITIONS ARISE. HAYS
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:14 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
MNZ015-017-040500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1100 PM CDY JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1100 PM..RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO WALNUT GROVE OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS..HAIL..TORRENTIAL RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST.. NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF OLIVIA..AND REDWOOD FALLS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM AND FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4AM.. JPR
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:14 PM CDT, 44 minutes before
MNZ015-017-040500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1100 PM CDY JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1100 PM..RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO WALNUT GROVE OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS..HAIL..TORRENTIAL RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST.. NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF OLIVIA..AND REDWOOD FALLS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM AND FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4AM.. JPR
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:15 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MNZ015-017-040500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1100 PM CDT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1100 PM..RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO WALNUT GROVE OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS..HAIL..TORRENTIAL RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST.. NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF OLIVIA..AND REDWOOD FALLS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM AND FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4AM.. JPR
Special weather statement, Jul 3, 11:15 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MNZ015-017-040500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1100 PM CDT JUL 3 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1100 PM..RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG A LINE FROM GRANITE FALLS TO WALNUT GROVE OR ABOUT 25 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MPH WINDS..HAIL..TORRENTIAL RAIN..AND DEADLY LIGHTNING AS THEY MOVE EAST.. NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE AFFECTING THE CITIES OF OLIVIA..AND REDWOOD FALLS BETWEEN 1130 PM AND MIDNIGHT. REMEMBER THAT A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1 AM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 1 AM AND FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 4AM.. JPR
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 3, 8:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Big Stone | 63 min |
| Jul 3, 10:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 22 min |
| Jul 3, 11:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 28 min |
| Jul 3, 11:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 27 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.