Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 2:37 AM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 2:37 AM CDT (07:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRST 050745 RRA SVRRST MNC091-165-050830- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...COR CITY LOCATION TO FAIRMONT... NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 237 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 330 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MARTIN COUNTY...WATONWAN COUNTY AT 240 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES EAST OF THE CITY OF JACKSON...OR 25 MILES WEST OF FAIRMONT. IT WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...SHERBURN... ST. JAMES...AND FAIRMONT. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...MAKE THIS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. GET READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HOUSES COULD BE BADLY DAMAGED... SO HEAD FOR THE BASEMENT. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE OVERTURNED. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD FLEE TO A STORM SHELTER. TESKE
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, Jul 4, 11:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
MNZ048-049-055-057-050600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM. AT 1115 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE MINNEWASKA...15 MILES NORTHWEST FROM GLENWOOD. A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FURTHER WEST NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF POPE COUNTY. NO DAMAGING WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE 10 PM. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN INTENSE HOWEVER AND DOWNPOURS HAVE ACCOMPANED THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD THE TOWNS OF GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY MAY REACH PORTIONS OF SWIFT...WESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHWEST KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:23 PM CDT, 3 hours 14 minutes before
MNZ048-049-055-057-050600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM. AT 1115 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE MINNEWASKA...15 MILES NORTHWEST FROM GLENWOOD. A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FURTHER WEST NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF POPE COUNTY. NO DAMAGING WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE 10 PM. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN INTENSE HOWEVER AND DOWNPOURS HAVE ACCOMPANED THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TMPH TOWARD THE TOWNS OF GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY MAY REACH PORTIONS OF SWIFT...WESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHWEST KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1125 PM CDT MON JUL 04 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 4 JUL 94
1120 PM QUARTER SIZE ( 1 INCH) HAIL AT CYRUS MINNESOTA IN POPE
COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
1152 PM HALF DOLLAR SIZE (11/4) HAIL AT STARBUCK IN POPE COUNTY
...20 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
1247 PM 1 INCH HAIL IN SUNBERG OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY...20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
137 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR AVON, PEA SIZE HAIL IN PAYNESVILLE AND
COLD SPRING...ALL IN STEARNS COUNTY ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES
WEST OF ST CLOUD.
FRASER
: ALocal storm report, Jul 4, 11:31 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1125 PM CDT MON JUL 04 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 4 JUL 94
1120 PM QUARTER SIZE ( 1 INCH) HAIL AT CYRUS MINNESOTA IN POPE
COUNTfY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
FRASERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 1:48 AM CDT, 49 minutes before
=OCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1125 PM CDT MON JUL 04 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 4 JUL 94
1120 PM QUARTER SIZE ( 1 INCH) HAIL AT CYRUS MINNESOTA IN POPE
COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
1152 PM HALF DOLLAR SIZE (11/4) HAIL AT STARBUCK IN POPE COUNTY
...20 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
1247 PM 1 INCH HAIL IN SUNBERG OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY...20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
137 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR AVON, PEA SIZE HAIL IN PAYNESVILLE AND
COLD SPRING...ALL IN STEARNS COUNTY ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES
WEST OF ST CLOUD.
FRASERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 11:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 59 min |
| Jul 5, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 47 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.