Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 22, 1994, 10:16 PM CDT for Marshall County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 22, 1994, 10:16 PM CDT (03:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 22, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Marshall County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 227 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
- 1529 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 12 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 50 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 KFAR 230316 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC089-230415-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1016 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
MARSHALL
AT 1010 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN
MARSHALL COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND ANOTHER STRONG STORM
WAS MOVING INTO THE NORTHWEST PART OF MARSHALL COUNTY. THESE STORMS
WILL LIKELY MERGE IN CENTRAL MARSHALL COUNTY. MOVEMENT WAS EAST
SOUTH EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN MARSHALL COUNTY MINNESOTA SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION...MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...FIND SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE POSSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
BENNETTWhat 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
Local storm report, Jul 22, 8:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 30 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
845 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 1994
TIME EVENT
835 PM CDT JUST WEST OF HALLOCK MINNESOTA IN KITTSON COUNTY PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. VERY HEAVY RAIN.
KITTSON COUNTY S. O.
840 PM CDT HALLOCK MINNESOTA VERY HEAVY RAIN AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE
HAIL IN THE CITY. KITTSON S. O.
BENNETTLocal storm report, Jul 22, 9:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
905 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 1994
TIME EVENT
835 PM CDT AT JOLIETTE MINNESOTA D. O. T. SCALES STATION. 60 MPH
WIND AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP
AROUND THE BUILDING. KITTSON COUNTY S. O. ALSO A REPORT
THAT IN THE JOLIETTE AREA CROPS WERE TOTALLY WIPED OUT BY
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. JOLIETTE
IS LOCATED ON THE MINNESOTA SIDE OF I-29 IN WESTERN
KITTSON COUNTY.
BENNETTLocal storm report, Jul 22, 9:10 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
905 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 1994
TIME EVENT
835 PM CDT AT JOLIETTE MINNESOTA D. O. T. SCALES STATION. 60 MPH
WIND AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL UP TO ONE FOOT DEEP
AROUND THE BUILDING. KITTSON COUNTY S. O. ALSO A REPORT
THAT IN THE JOLIETTE AREA CROPS WERE TOTALLY WIPED OUT BY
PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL COVERING THE GROUND. JOLIETTE
IS LOCATED ON THE MINNESOTA SIDE OF I-29 IN WESTERN
KITTSON COUNTY.
BENNETTSpecial weather statement, Jul 22, 9:51 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-230335- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 950 PM CDT FRI JUL 23 1994 AT 927 AM CDT...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS BETWEEN PARK RIVER AND GRAFTON IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. IT IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND...HEAVY RAIN...AND HAIL. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR AND HAS ACCELERATED IN THE PAST 15 MINUTES. IT WILL MOVE NEAR GRAFTON AND DRAYTON BY 1030 PM. PEOPLE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM SHOULhD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. ^ JEURISSEN
Local storm report, Jul 22, 10:03 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1003 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 1994
TIME EVENT
10 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAFTON
IN EASTERN WALSH COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. GRAFTON
P. D.
BENNETTLocal storm report, Jul 22, 10:04 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1003 PM CDT FRI JUL 22 1994
TIME EVENT
10 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF GRAFTON
IN EASTERN WALSH COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. GRAFTON
P. D.
BENNETTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Kittson | 63 min |
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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.