Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 6:35 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 6:35 AM CDT (11:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 7:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Beltrami County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 1998 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 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 271135 RRA
SVRFAR
MNC007-271230-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
635 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 730 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY
IN THE NORTH CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
NORTHERN BELTRAMI
AT 627 AM CDT...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME SOUTHEAST
MARSHALL COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WAS JUST MOVING INTO
NORTHWEST BELTRAMI COUNTY.
THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR
AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS NORTHERN BELTRAMI COUNTY BY 730 AM.
SOME TOWNS INCLUDED ARE THORHULT AND THE UPPER AND LOWER RED LAKES.
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.
SPIESWhat 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
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:40 AM CDT, 4 hours 55 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-270730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 140 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 125 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE RAIN... CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPERSTOWN TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LARIMORE IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GRAND FORKS...GRIGGS AND STEELE COUNTIES BY 230 AM CDT. THESE STORMS DID NOT PRODUCED ANY SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED THROUGH NELSON COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND...AND SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS. JEURISSEN
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 54 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-270730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 140 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 4 AM CDT... AT 125 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH MODERATE RAIN... CONTINUED OVER PARTS OF NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. THE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS 20 MILES WIDE AND EXTENDED FROM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF COOPERSTOWN TO 5 MILES NORTH OF LARIMORE IN NORTHEASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES PER HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH GRAND FORKS...GRIGGS AND STEELE COUNTIES BY 230 AM CDT. THESE STORMS DID NOT PRODUCED ANY SEVERE WEATHER AS THEY MOVED THROUGH NELSON COUNTY...BUT HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WIND...AND SMALL HAIL REMAIN POSSIBLE. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE ST&ORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY TUNED TO TELEVISION...RADIO...OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE STORMS. JEURISSEN
Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:07 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
500 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994
TIME EVENT
406 AM CDT CAVALIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED PEA TO MARBLE
SIZE HAIL AND WIND TO 35 MPH WEST OF HANNAH ND IN IN
EXTREME NORTHWEST CAVALIER COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH
DAKOTA.
418 AM CDT CAVALIER COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED GOLFBALL SIZE
HAIL AT MUNICH NORTH DAKOTA IN SOUTHWEST CAVALIER COUNTY
OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
440 AM CDT GRAND FORKS AIR FORCE BASE WEATHER HAD A REPORT OF 60 MPH
WIND NORTHWEST OF LANGDON IN CENTRAL CAVALIER COUNTY OF
NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA.
SPIESSpecial weather statement, Aug 27, 5:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-271130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 525 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 AM CDT... AT 520 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN PEMBINA AND EASTERN WALSH COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO THE COUNTIES OF KITTSON AND WESTERN MARSHALL BY 530 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HIGH WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN CAVALIER COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. SPIES
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 5:29 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-271130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 525 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA UNTIL 9 AM CDT... AT 520 AM CDT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST ACROSS EASTERN PEMBINA AND EASTERN WALSH COUNTIES OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD MOVE ACROSS THE RED RIVER INTO THE COUNTIES OF KITTSON AND WESTERN MARSHALL BY 530 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HIGH WIND...VERY HEAVY RAIN..."LARGE HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING IN CAVALIER COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA. SPIES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 6:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Marshall | 59 min |
| Aug 27, 8:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 55 min |
| Aug 27, 8:58 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods, Roseau | 47 min |
| Aug 27, 9:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Koochiching | 65 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1994Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1994
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.