Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 39, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 30, 1994, 10:07 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 30, 1994, 10:07 PM CDT (03:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 30, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Koochiching County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 3.1 hours before the alert went out and 51 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
- 1397 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1086 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 7 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -9 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 KINL 310316 RRA SVRINL MNC071-310345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...RETRANSMITTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 1007 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHEASTERN KOOCHICHING COUNTY AT 1003 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED DIME SIZE HAIL (3/4 INCH) 6 MILES WEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...OR 3 MILES EAST OF PELLAND JUNCTION. THROUGH 1045 PM CDT...THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE ALONG THE INTERNATIONAL BORDER...AND AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS...RAINIER...AND THE OPEN WATER OF WESTERN RAINY LAKE. AFTER 1045 PM...THIS THUNDERSTORM IS EXPECTED TO MOVE INTO CANADA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND 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. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. PACKINGHAM & NNNN
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
Local storm report, Jul 30, 8:28 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
825 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994
TIME EVENT
710 PM CDT RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED MARBLE SIZED HAIL NEAR
HANKINSON ND...20 SW OF W0AHPETON.
737 PM CDT RICHLAND COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL
ALONG INTERSTATE 94 15 MILES SOUTH OF WAHPETON NORTH
DAKOTA.
VOELKERSpecial weather statement, Jul 30, 8:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-310245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 850 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 730 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY SINCE 745 PM CDT AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSOTMRS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM BEMIDJI SOUTH TO PARK RAPIDS...IN WESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY AND INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF BELTRAMI...CLEARWATER...HUBBARD AND TRAVERSE UNTIL 10 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER WATCH...OR IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HW
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-310245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 850 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 730 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY SINCE 745 PM CDT AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSOTMRS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM BEMIDJI SOUTH TO PARK RAPIDS...IN WESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY AND INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF BELTRAMI...CLEARWATER...HUBBARD AND TRAVERSE UNTIL 10 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER WATCH...OR IN THE PATH OF TH|ESE STORMS STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HW
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 8:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-310245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 850 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... AT 830 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAD DECREASED SOMEWHAT IN INTENSITY SINCE 745 PM CDT AND THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR TRAVERSE COUNTY WAS ALLOWED TO EXPIRE. HOWEVER STRONG THUNDERSOTMRS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM BEMIDJI SOUTH TO PARK RAPIDS...IN WESTERN TRAVERSE COUNTY AND INTO NORTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS ARE STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING SOUTH TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT THE COUNTIES OF BELTRAMI...CLEARWATER...HUBBARD AND TRAVERSE UNTIL 10 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN AREAS AFFECTED BY THE SEVERE WEATHER WATCH...OR IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. HW
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:45 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-310345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 945 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 925 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN PERHAM AND MENAHGA IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND BETWEEN PARK RAPIDS AND THE LEECH LAKE AREA OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE THOUGH WADENA...HUBBARD...AND WESTERN BEMIDJI COUNTIES OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY 1130 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE AREAS UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...OR ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JEURISSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 30, 9:46 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-310345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 945 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 925 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHWESTERN AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BETWEEN PERHAM AND MENAHGA IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE FOUND BETWEEN PARK RAPIDS AND THE LEECH LAKE AREA OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALL OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL... DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL...AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES PER HOUR AND WILL MOVE THOUGH WADENA...HUBBARD...AND WESTERN BEMIDJI COUNTIES OF NORTHWESTERN MINNESOTA BY 1130 PM CDT. IF YOU LIVE IN THE AREAS UNDER THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH...OR ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS...STAY TUNED TO LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. JEURISSEN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Traverse | 59 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.