Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1993
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 96, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Sep 1, 1993, 11:24 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 1, 1993, 11:24 PM CDT (04:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 2, 1993, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 1177 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 91 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 135 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 KSTC 020427 RRA SVRSTC MNC067-023-020530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN 1124 PM CDT WED SEP 1 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1200 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...KANDIYOHI COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY AT 1120 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR MONTEVIDEO IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF WESTERN MINNESOTA...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR. LAREGE HAIL IS LIKELY WITH THIS STORM. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE GRACELOCK...GLUEK...CLARA CITY...RAYMOND AND ROSELAND AND WILLMAR. 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. WJH
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, Sep 1, 10:36 PM CDT, 48 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-020445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1036 PM CDT WED SEP 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENTERED EXTREME WESTERN MINNESOTA FROM SOUTH DAKOTA AT 1030 PM. THE MOST POWERFUL STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF PROVIDENCE AND BOYD IN SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST CROSSING THE MINNESOTA RIVER INTO WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING OR CAMPING SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PROVIDENCE...BOYD...CLARKFIELD... LAC QUI PARLE...WATSON...GRANITE FALLS...AND MONTEVIDEO. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Sep 1, 10:37 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
WIZ003-006-MNZALL-020445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1036 PM CDT WED SEP 1 1993 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ENTER WESTERN MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD ENTERED EXTREME WESTERN MINNESOTA FROM SOUTH DAKOTA AT 1030 PM. THE MOST POWERFUL STORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN THE TOWNS OF PROVIDENCE AND BOYD IN SOUTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. ANOTHER STRONG STORM WAS JUST CROSSING THE MINNESOTA RIVER INTO WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING OR CAMPING SHOULD BE RE:ADY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE PROVIDENCE...BOYD...CLARKFIELD... LAC QUI PARLE...WATSON...GRANITE FALLS...AND MONTEVIDEO. KRAFT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 11:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 56 min |
| Sep 1, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 26 min |
| Sep 1, 11:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 63 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.