Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 56, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 10, 1993, 11:05 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 10, 1993, 11:05 PM CDT (04:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 10, 1993, 11:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Blue Earth County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 98 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
- 214 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -92 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1366 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 60 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 89 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRST 110406 RRA SVRRST MNC013-110445- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1105 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1145 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF LAKE CRYSTAL...MANKATO... AND ST. CLAIR. AT 10PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES WEST OF MANKATO NEAR THE TOWN OF BUTTERNUT. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD REACH THE TOWN OF MANKATO BY 1015PM CDT AND SHOULD REACH ST. CLAIR BY 1030PM 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. &
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 10, 5:15 PM CDT, 5 hours 50 minutes before
MNZ013-014-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 515 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY... AT 440 PM RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF 2 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON AND HEAVY RAIN IN MADISON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH MONTEVIDEO AND GRANITE FALLS BETWEEN 515 PM AND 530 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. MCBEATH PETERS CORRECTED FOR TYPO
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 5:18 PM CDT, 5 hours 47 minutes before
MNZ013-014-111900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 515 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY... AT 440 PM RADAR DETECTED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN SOUTH CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE REPORTED BY THE SHERIFF 2 MILES SOUTH OF MADISON AND HEAVY RAIN IN MADISON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH AND SHOULD REACH MONTEVIDEO AND GRANITE FALLS BETWEEN 515 PM AND 530 PM. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD SEEK SHELTER FROM STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...SMALL HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE. MCBEATH PETERS CORRECTED FOR TYPO
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:35 PM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
MNZ013-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN 635 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... AT 625 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM NEAR CANBY. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING THIS STORM. IT PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA SIDE OF THE BORDER... AND MAY DO SO AGAIN IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. PEOPLE AROUND CANBY...AS WELL AS THOSE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS STORM... AND BE READY TO GET TO SHELTER IF A TORNADO SHOULD SUDDENLY DEVELOP. THE STORM NEAR CANBY WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL. PEOPLE AROUND CANBY...ST LEO...PORTER AND CLARKFIELD SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KRAUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 6:37 PM CDT, 4 hours 28 minutes before
MNZ013-110030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN 635 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY OF SOUTHWESTERN MINNESOTA... AT 625 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM NEAR CANBY. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAVE BEEN CLOSELY MONITORING THIS STORM. IT PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD ON THE SOUTH DAKOTA SIDE OF THE BORDER... AND MAY DO SO AGAIN IN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. PEOPLE AROUND CANBY...AS WELL AS THOSE IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THIS STORM... AND BE READY TO GET TO SHELTER IF A TORNADO SHOULD SUDDENLY DEVELOP. THE STORM NEAR CANBY WAS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MARSHALL. PEOPLE AROUND CANBY...ST LEO...PORTER AND CLARKFIELD SHOULD LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KRAUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:33 PM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
MNZ013-015-017-110130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 733 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND REDWOOD FALLS... AT 730 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM A FEW MILES NORTHWEST OF BELVIEW...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THIS STORM IS FROM THE SAME COMPLEX WHICH PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT 625 PM ALONG THE STATE BORDER WEST OF CANBY. AS OF 725 PM...REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTY OFFICIALS WERE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS. PEOPLE AROUND RENVILLE AND NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE STORM...AND BE READY TO GET TO SHELTER IF A TORNADO SHOULD SUDDENLY DEVELOP. TDK
Special weather statement, Jul 10, 7:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 31 minutes before
MNZ013-015-017-110130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 733 PM CDT SAT JUL 10 1993 ...MORE THUNDERSTORMS AROUND REDWOOD FALLS... AT 730 PM...RADAR INDICATED A STRONG STORM A FEW MILES NORTHWEST OF BELVIEW...OR ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THIS STORM IS FROM THE SAME COMPLEX WHICH PRODUCED A FUNNEL CLOUD AT 625 PM ALONG THE STATE BORDER WEST OF CANBY. AS OF 725 PM...REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COxUNTY OFFICIALS WERE MONITORING THE PROGRESS OF THESE STORMS. PEOPLE AROUND RENVILLE AND NORTHERN REDWOOD COUNTIES SHOULD PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO THESE STORM...AND BE READY TO GET TO SHELTER IF A TORNADO SHOULD SUDDENLY DEVELOP. TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 8:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 41 min |
| Jul 10, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 48 min |
| Jul 10, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 55 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.