Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1993
Tornado Warning 14, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 8, 1993, 2:13 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 8, 1993, 2:13 PM CDT (19:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 8, 1993, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Fillmore County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 178 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
- NaN m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 81 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 500 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 604 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 081914 TORRST MNC045-082000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 213 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...FILLMORE COUNTY AT 207 PM POLICE REPORTED A TORNADO ON THE GROUND 18 MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRESTON OR 33 MILES SOUTH OF ROCHESTER. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL REACH PRESTON BY 230 PM AND LANESBORO BY 240 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING WALLS. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. &
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado 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, Jun 8, 12:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
MNZ016-018-019-WIZ003-006-081815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1225 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1225 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER A SMALL PART OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM EAST OF ST PAUL NEAR LAKE ELMO...INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM HUDSON TO ELLSWORTH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE AMERY AND MENOMONIE AREAS BY 1 PM. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 25 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES NORTH OF FARIBAULT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKEVILLE AND FARMINGTON AREAS BY 1 PM. THESE STROMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL...STRONG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND EVEN A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 5 PM. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 12:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 47 minutes before
MNZ016-018-019-WIZ003-006-081815- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1225 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 1225 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER A SMALL PART OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM EAST OF ST PAUL NEAR LAKE ELMO...INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM HUDSON TO ELLSWORTH. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE AMERY AND MENOMONIE AREAS BY 1 PM. ELSEWHERE...ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM HAS DEVELOPED ABOUT 25 MILES TO THE SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES NORTH OF FARIBAULT. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO THE LAKEVILLE AND FARMINGTON AREAS BY 1 PM. THESE STROMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING...HAIL...STRONG WINDS... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND EVEN A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS. A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL 5 PM. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:16 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ015-016-018-019-WIZ003-006-081915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 120 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 120 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR THE TWIN CITIES TO TAYLORS FALLS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM BALSAM LAKE...TO BALDWIN AND JUST SOUTH OF EAU CLAIRE. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH ABOUT 2 PM AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHR APPROACHES YOUR AREA YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTH@EAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 1:20 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MNZ015-016-018-019-WIZ003-006-081915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 120 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 120 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...SOME PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS...ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR THE TWIN CITIES TO TAYLORS FALLS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM BALSAM LAKE...TO BALDWIN AND JUST SOUTH OF EAU CLAIRE. THESE STORMS ARE ALSO CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. ALL OF THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE TWIN CITIES THROUGH ABOUT 2 PM AND MUCH OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH AT LEAST 4 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHR APPROACHES YOUR AREA YOU SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:10 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MNZ016-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 210 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. AT 205 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MAPLEWOOD MALL IN EASTERN RAMSEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OVER WHITE BEAR LAKE BETWEEN 210 PM AND 230 PM CDT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 8, 2:11 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MNZ016-082000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 210 PM CDT TUE JUN 8 1993 ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS DEVELOPING IN THE EASTERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. AT 205 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MAPLEWOOD MALL IN EASTERN RAMSEY COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE OVER WHITE BEAR LAKE BETWEEN 210 PM AND 230 PM CDT. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 PM CDT FOR THE TWIN CITIES AREA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EDWARDS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 7, 7:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Jun 7, 7:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 29 min |
| Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jun 7, 8:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 12:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Houston | 50 min |
| Jun 8, 1:26 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
| Jun 8, 1:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mower | 33 min |
| Jun 8, 1:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Mower | 19 min |
| Jun 8, 1:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 52 min |
| Jun 8, 2:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 39 min |
| Jun 8, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 32 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.