Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 26, 1994, 12:31 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 44 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 26, 1994, 12:31 PM CDT (17:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 26, 1994, 1:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Polk County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 113 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
- 511 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -315 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -952 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 261732 SVRMSP WIC095-261815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1231 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...POLK COUNTY AT 1230 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF OSCEOLA...ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PAUL. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE BALSAM LAKE AREA BY 1250 PM. PERSONS IN POLK COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INDOORS IMMEDIATELY WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO TO A STORM SHELTER. DWE
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
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 10:57 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-261700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1100 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 AT 1055 AM TWO AREAS OF THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONE AREA WAS OVER NORTHERN MORRISON AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES. THE OTHER WAS A DEVELOPING LINE FROM BENSON TO NEW LONDON AND SOUTHEAST TO WILLMAR AND LITCHFIELD. ALL THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH THE SKY AD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:02 AM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-066-067-068-069-070-261700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1103 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL MOVING ACROSS THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES... AT 10 55 AM...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE EDINA AREA IN SOUTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY. THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HAIL WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR MAPLE PLAIN..TO JUST SOUTH OF THE DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AREA..TO NEAR LAKEVILLE AND WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH. THE STORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA THROUGH 1130 AM. PERSONS ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE LIKELIHOOD OF HAIL...STORNG...GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. DWE
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:18 AM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-066-067-068-069-070-261715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1117 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN MOVING THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES... AT 1110 AM...PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN THE NEW HOPE AREA OF EASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY. AT 1115 AM...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN FARMINGTON IN SOUTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING THE HAIL AND HEAVY RAIN WERE LOCATED FROM NEAR BUFFALO...TO THE TWIN CITIES METRO...AND SOUTHEASTWARD TO NEAR FARMINGTON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES AREA BY 1145 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:44 AM CDT, 47 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1145 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 AT 1135 A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SAUK CENTRE SOUTHEAST TO ELK RIVER. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN LINE FROM ALBANY TO COLD SPRING TO ST CLOUD BY 1215 PM. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED BUT THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS SHOULD WATCH THE SKY AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 11:52 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
WIZ014-015-016-023-024-025-026-027-028-261800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1153 AM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 1150 AM. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ST CLOUD...TO STILLWATER...ALONG THE ST CROIX RIVER...TO NEAR RED WING. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS...PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. THE STORMS CONTINUE A NORTH MOVEMENT AT 30 MPH AND SHOULD BE NEAR A CAMBRIDGE MINNESOTA...TO TURTLE LAKE AND MENOMONIE WISCONSIN LINE BY 12 45 PM. PERSONS IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. DWE
Special weather statement, Apr 26, 12:18 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-261830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1215 PM CDT TUE APR 26 1994 AT 1215 A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SAUK CENTRE EAST TO ST CLOUD TO PRINCETON. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE IN LINE FROM LONG PRAIRIE TO LITTLE FALLS TO MILACA BY 1 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS ALONG WITH SMALjL HAIL AND FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. MOVE TO SAFETY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 26, 12:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 21 min |
| Apr 26, 12:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 50 min |
| Apr 26, 12:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 1:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron | 46 min |
| Apr 26, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 36 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.