Alert archive / Wisconsin / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 27, 1994, 7:12 PM CDT for Douglas County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 33 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:12 PM CDT (00:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Douglas County, WI
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 7:15 PM CDT | Tornado F1 | Wascott, WI |
NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2041 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 46 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 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 KDLH 280012 TORDLH WIC031-280045- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 712 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY AND THE ADJACENT COASTAL WATERS OF WESTERN LAKE SUPERIOR. AT 7 05 PM DULUTH RADAR SHOWED A STRONG T5HUNDERSTORM IN SOUTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY NEAR GORDON...30 MILES SOUTH OF SUPERIOR. COUNTY OFFICIALS HAD RECEIVED AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF A TORNADO TOUCHDOWN A FEW MILES WEST OF GORDON AT 7 PM. SOLON SPRINGS AND BRULE ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. TAKE COVER NOW. IN A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE. IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS... OR CUSHIONSD TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. DFM &
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 27, 4:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MNZ005-006-272245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 442 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER ROSEAU COUNTY... AT 430 PM CDT...A BAND OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS ROSEAU COUNTY. LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS REPORTED HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WITH THESE STORMS. AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH ROSEAU...WARROAD...SALOL...AND WILLIAMS THROUGH 600 PM...EXPECT TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS...WIND GUSTS OF OVER 40 MPH...AS WELL AS SMALL HAIL. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...MOVE TO A STURDY BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. BOATERS SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY AWARE OF THESE STORMS... AS THEY PRESENT A GOOD TARGET FOR LIGHTNING STRIKES...AND ARE VUNERABLE TO STRONG WINDS. IF BOATING ON LAKE OF THE WOODS...OR OTHER LAKES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...MOVE TO A SAFE HARBOR BEFORE THE STORMS BEGIN. DAVIS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before
MNZ005-006-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 600 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... STORMS BEGIN. DAVIS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:01 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MNZ005-006-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 600 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... STORMS BEGIN. DAVIS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
WIZ001-MNZ037-038-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 604 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PINE COUNTY... AT 5 45 PM CDT DULUTH RADAR DETECTED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN PINE COUNTY MN. THE STORMS WERE ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF SANDSTONE NEAR KERRICK AND WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. A POSSIBLE TORNADO TOUCHDOWN WAS REPORTED BY THE PUBLIC BETWEEN HINCKLEY AND SANDSTONE WEST OF HIGHWAY 61...BUT NO FURTHERR REPORTS HAD BEEN RECEIVED. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION MOVE INDOORS TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. DFM &
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:13 PM CDT, 59 minutes before
MNZ005-006-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 615 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG AND TO THE EAST HIGHWAY 71 IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. AN OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIAL REPORTED HAIL FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS NEAR LITTLEFORK IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY. ELY...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...CRANE LAKE...AND ORR SHOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...THROUGH 730 PM. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF BOATING ON AREA LAKES...MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. DAVIS NNNN
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:15 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
MNZ005-006-280015- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 615 PM CDT MON JUN 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER NORTHERN MINNESOTA... NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ALONG AND TO THE EAST HIGHWAY 71 IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA. AN OFF DUTY WEATHER SERVICE OFFICIAL REPORTED HAIL FROM ONE OF THESE STORMS NEAR LITTLEFORK IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY. ELY...INTERNATIONAL FALLS...CRANE LAKE...AND ORR SHOULD EXPECT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH TORRENTIAL RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...THROUGH 730 PM. IF OUTDOORS...SEEK SHELTER IN A STURDY BUILDING IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. IF BOATING ON AREA LAKES...MOVE TO SAFE HARBOR IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. DAVIS NNNN
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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.