Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 7, 1993, 2:50 PM CDT for Dakota County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 7, 1993, 2:50 PM CDT (19:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 7, 1993, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Dakota County, MN, Scott County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 32 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
- 976 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 112 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 KMSP 071951 SVRMPX MNC037-139-072030- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 250 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN DAKOTA COUNTY...EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY AT 248 PM CDT WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS IN EASTERN SCOTT COUNTY..NEAR THE CITY OF NEW MARKET. THIS STORM WILL MOVE NORTHEAST TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF PRIOR LAKE AND LAKEVILLE BETWEEN 250PM CDT AND 330 PM CDT. 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. EDWARDS
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 7, 1:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before
MNZ013-014-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 110 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ST CLOUD... AT 1PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMAL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXP~ECTED FROM THESE STORMS BUT PERSONS IN THE ST CLOUD METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MNZ013-014-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 110 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING ST CLOUD... AT 1PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS BUT PERSONS IN THE ST CLOUD METRO AREA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:50 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MNZ010>019-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 150 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA... HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A NARROW NORTH/SOUTH BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO TO AROUND LE SUEUR. OTHER HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ST CLOUD TO AROUND ANNANDALE AND COKATO. ALONG WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT COULD RANGE TO NEAR 1 INCH IN SOME OF THE STRONGER...MORE PERSISTENT STORMS...WATCH OUT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL AS THE THUNDER- STORMS TRACK NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. < LOOKING AT THE BROADER PICTURE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING OBSERVED ON WEATHER RADAR MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DULUTH TO ST PAUL...TO AROUND ROCHESTER. THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO EDGE FURTHER EAST AND WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER 300 PM. KVS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 1:56 PM CDT, 54 minutes before
MNZ010>019-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 150 PM CDT WED JUL 7 1993 ...HEAVY RAINS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA... HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN INCREASING DURING THE EARLY AFTERNOON ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOST OF THE HEAVY RAINS WERE OCCURRING IN A NARROW NORTH/SOUTH BAND THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR AND SOUTHEAST OF MANKATO TO AROUND LE SUEUR. OTHER HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING STORMS WERE LOCATED FROM JUST SOUTH OF ST CLOUD TO AROUND ANNANDALE AND COKATO. ALONG WITH RAINFALL AMOUNTS THAT COULD RANGE TO NEAR 1 INCH IN SOME OF THE STRONGER...MORE PERSISTENT STORMS...WATCH OUT FOR FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND THE POSSIBILITY OF SMALL HAIL AS THE THUNDER- STORMS TRACK NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. < LOOKING AT THE BROADER PICTURE...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEING OBSERVED ON WEATHER RADAR MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM DULUTH TO SjT PAUL...TO AROUND ROCHESTER. THE ACTIVITY CONTINUES TO EDGE FURTHER EAST AND WILL BEGIN TO OVERSPREAD MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN AFTER 300 PM. KVS
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:22 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MNZ013-014-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 215 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHERBURNE COUNTY... AT 2PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AND SHERBURNE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN BIG LAKE...CLEAR LAKE...BECKER AND ZIMMERMAN SHOUI NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS BUT PERSONS IN BIG LAKE ...CLEAR LAKE...BECKER...ZIMMERMAN AND SANTIAGO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jul 7, 2:24 PM CDT, 26 minutes before
MNZ013-014-072000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 215 PM CDT TUE JUL 6 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS SHERBURNE COUNTY... AT 2PM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AND SHERBURNE COUNTY MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND GUSTY WINDS. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED FROM THESE STORMS BUT PERSONS IN BIG LAKE ...CLEAR LAKE...BECKER...ZIMMERMAN AND SANTIAGO SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE HARBOR UNTIL THE STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. FRASER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 7, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Rice | 32 min |
| Jul 7, 3:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 32 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.