Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1994
Tornado Warning 8, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1994, 2:21 PM CDT for Roseau County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 2:21 PM CDT (19:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Roseau County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 186 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
- 601 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 221 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 301921 RRA TORINL MNC135-302000- BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED TORNADO WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 221 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN INTERNATIONAL FALLS HAS ISSUED A TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PERSONS IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA ...ROSEAU COUNTY AT 216 PM CDT...A SPOTTER REPORTED A TORNADO 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ROSEAU...OR 3 MILES EAST OF GREENBUSH. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL MOVE THROUGH THE TOWN OF WANNASKA AND PENCER BY 3 PM. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF 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. PACKINGHAM NNNN
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, 9:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 38 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-301545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 935 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 AT 929 AM CDT...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR AMENIA OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO...ANOTHER 30 MILES NORTH OF FARGO ALONG THE RED RIVER NEAR HALSTAD MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT ABOUT 925 AM A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN HARWOOD..JUST NORTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN HARWOOD. ALL PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS PASS. PLEASE MAKE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. BENNETT
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:49 AM CDT, 4 hours 32 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-301545- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY...COR SPELLING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 935 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 AT 929 AM CDT...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED ACROSS PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA. ONE WAS LOCATED NEAR AMENIA OR 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FARGO...ANOTHER 30 MILES NORTH OF FARGO ALONG THE RED RIVER NEAR HALSTAD MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. AT ABOUT 925 AM A COOPERATIVE WEATHER OBSERVER IN HARWOOD..JUST NORTH OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED HAIL UP TO 1/2 INCH IN HARWOOD. ALL PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS PASS. PLEASE MAKE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. BENNETT
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:37 AM CDT, 3 hours 44 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-301645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 1030 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 AT 1025 AM CDT...TWO STRONG THUNDERSTORM WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA JUST TO THE WEST OF HITTERDAL IN EASTERN CLAY COUNTY...15 TO 20 MILES EAST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. KRAGNES MINNESOTA REPORTED THE GROUND WHITE WITH SMALL HAIL. SEVERAL REPORTS OF PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AS THE STORM PASSED THROUGH THE NORTH SIDE OF FARGO. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN THE LAKE PARK TO DETROIT LAKES AREA BY 11 AM. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSS EAST CENTRAL NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ALL PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS PASS. PLEASE MAKE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. BENNETT
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 11:35 AM CDT, 2 hours 46 minutes before
NDZ007-008-016-026>030-038-039-048-049-051>053-MNZ001>004- 007>009-013>017-022>024-027>032-039>041-047-301745- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 1127 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 AT 1125 AM CDT...A SMALL LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST NORTHWEST OF PELICAN RAPIDS TO JUST WEST OF VERGAS IN NORTHWEST OTTER TAIL COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ABOUT 20-25 MILES SOUTH AND WEST OF DETROIT LAKES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE AMOUNTS OF SMALL HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN. PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT CORMORRANT LAKE. THESE STORMS SHOULD CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE IN THE FERGUS FALLS..BATTLE LAKE...NEW YORK MILLS AREAS BY NOON. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE SCATTERED ACROSSNORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM JUST EAST OF MOORHEAD TO THE EAST OF BEMIDJI. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. ANYONE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SHELTER AS THE STORMS PASS. PLEASE MAKE ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO YOUR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TELEVISION OR NOAA WE ATHER RADIO FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS. BENNETT
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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.