Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 3, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1994, 8:18 PM CDT for Aitkin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 30, 1994, 8:18 PM CDT (01:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Aitkin County, MN
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 8:22 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Mcgregor, MN | A small tornado touched down near McGregor downing trees. |
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, 1.3 hours before the alert went out and 196 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
- 2237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KDLH 010118 TORDLH MNC001-010145- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 818 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA ...EASTERN AITKIN COUNTY AT 815 PM THE AITKIN COUNTY SHERIFF"S OFFICE REPORTED A FUNNEL CLOUD 8 MILES WEST OF MCGREGOR...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF HINCKLEY. THE THUNDERSTORM WITH THE FUNNEL CLOUD WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE MCGREGOR...LAWLER...GRAYLING...AND EAST LAKE. 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 CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS. BRAMER/CUR!RIER
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 30, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MNZ005-006-010-011-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 611 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CRANE LAKE...ORR...GHEEN...BUYCK...ELY AND WINTON. VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK AND THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY ARE ALSO INCLUDED. AS OF 6 PM CDT...DULUTH RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO AN AREA FROM VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK...THROUGH RAY AND CRANE LAKE...AND SOUTH TO NEAR NETT LAKE AND ORR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WITH PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OF NORTHOME. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PACKINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:11 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
MNZ005-006-010-011-010000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 611 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH INCLUDES THE COMMUNITIES OF CRANE LAKE...ORR...GHEEN...BUYCK...ELY AND WINTON. VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK AND THE BOUNDARY WATERS CANOE AREA IN ST. LOUIS COUNTY ARE ALSO INCLUDED. AS OF 6 PM CDT...DULUTH RADAR INDICATED AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS KOOCHICHING AND NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MAINLY CONFINED TO AN AREA FROM VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK...THROUGH RAY AND CRANE LAKE...AND SOUTH TO NEAR NETT LAKE AND ORR. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL...WITH PEA SIZE HAIL REPORTED NEAR THE TOWN OF NORTHOME. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS ACROSS NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY SHOULD BE PREPARED TO HEAD TO SAFE SHELTER AS THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PACKINGHAM
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MNZ018-019-026-010045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 644 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN ITASCA COUNTY... AT 6 35 PM DULUTH RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINSHOWERS IN NORTHERN ITASCA COUNTY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF DEER RIVER MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL PRODUCE SMALL HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 40 MPH AS IT MOVES TOWARD COHASSET. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA INCLUDING ITASCA COUNTY TIL 11 PM. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR LOCATION TAKE SHELTER INDOORS. DFM x &
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MNZ037-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 753 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH TIL 11 PM... ...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINSHOWERS APPROACHING THE TWIN PORTS... AT 7 47 PM CDT AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINSHOWERS WAS APPROACHING THE TWIN PORTS FROM THE WEST. THESE STORMS PRODUCED TORRENTIAL RAINS NEAR GRAND RAPIDS WHEN THEY MOVED THROUGH AROUND 7 PM...AS WELL AS MARBLE-~SIZE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU'RE OUTDOORS NOW'S THE TIME TO HEAD INSIDE. COME IN OFF THE LAKE OR THE GOLF COURSE. LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS FROM YOUR NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE. DFM &
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 7:53 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MNZ011-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 800 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... AT 745 PM CDT...SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST ST. LOUIS COUNTY. ELY AND AREAS ALONG THE ECHO TRAIL SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THROUGH 900 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY.. SO BE ALErRT TO POSSIBLE RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS. SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. DAVIS
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 8:00 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ011-010200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 800 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN ST. LOUIS COUNTY UNTIL 11 PM THIS EVENING... AT 745 PM CDT...SHOWERS WERE CONTINUING OVER NORTHEAST ST. LOUIS COUNTY. ELY AND AREAS ALONG THE ECHO TRAIL SHOULD EXPECT SHOWERS OR THUNDERSHOWERS THROUGH 900 PM. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ST. LOUIS COUNTY.. SO BE ALERT TO POSSIBLE RAPID CHANGES IN WEATHER CONDITIONS. SHOULD SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP OVER THE AREA...SEEK SHELTER IN A REINFORCED BUILDING IMMEDIATELY. DAVIS
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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.