Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 106, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 4:15 AM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 4:15 AM CDT (09:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 5:10 AM CDT
- In force
- 55 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Scott County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 23 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 TTAA00 KMSP 050915 COR SVRMSP MNC085-139-019-051015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 415 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 510 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MCLEOD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...CARVER COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY.... AT 407 RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON TO GLENCOE TO 35 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS NEAR BELLE PLAINE. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND TOWNS IN THE PATH INCLUDE HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE...LESTER PRAIRIE...WACONIA...CHASKA...CHANHASSEN...JORDAN...SHAKOPEE AND SAVAGE. THESE STORMS HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL...WIND DAMAGE AND TORRENTIAL RAINS. ERICKSEN
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 5, 3:10 AM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-050900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 310 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 300 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MILLE LACS COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANDIYOHI COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST SWIFT COUNTY AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED AREAS. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:11 AM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before
MNZ059-050915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 312 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 305 AM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ANNANDALE AND BUFFALO VICINITIES OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN WRIGHT COUTNY COMMUNITIES OF ALBERTVILLE...MONTICELLO AND HASTY CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UNTIL 400 AND 415 AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING. WATCH OUT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ERICKSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:12 AM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MNZ059-050915- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 312 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 305 AM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN THE ANNANDALE AND BUFFALO VICINITIES OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND PERSONS IN THE NORTHERN WRIGHT COUTNY COMMUNITIES OF ALBERTVILLE...MONTICELLO AND HASTY CAN EXPECT WIND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AND HAIL UNTIL 400 AND 415 AM THIS TUESDAY MORNING. WATCH OUT FOR DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BE READY TO TAKE SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ERICKSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:19 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-050900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 310 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY HAS EXPIRED... ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 300 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM MILLE LACS COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN NORTHEAST KANDIYOHI COUNTY AND SOUTHEAST SWIFT COUNTY AND WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS. MINOR STREET FLOODING AND SOME PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS CAN BE EXPECTED FROM THESE HEAVY RAINS. DO NOT DRIVE OVER FLOODED AREAS. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:49 AM CDT, 26 minutes before
MNZALL-050955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 350 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 330 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN ONE HALF OF MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN EASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY NEAR NORSELAND... ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MANKATO. THIS STRONG STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF RUSH RIVER...LESUEUR AND HENDERSON THROUGH 415 AM. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA NORTH TO ST. PETER...ANOKA AND SANDSTONE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR MUCH OF THEj SOUTHERN ONE HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 700 AM. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ERICKSEN
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 3:50 AM CDT, 25 minutes before
MNZALL-050955- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 350 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 AT 330 AM CDT...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN ONE HALF OF MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN EASTERN NICOLLET COUNTY NEAR NORSELAND... ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF MANKATO. THIS STRONG STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD AFFECT THE TOWNS OF RUSH RIVER...LESUEUR AND HENDERSON THROUGH 415 AM. ELSEWHERE...THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED WEST OF A LINE FROM ALBERT LEA NORTH TO ST. PETER...ANOKA AND SANDSTONE. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN AFFECT FOR MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN ONE HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 700 AM. BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER QUICKLY IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. ERICKSEN
The 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, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 53 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, 4:38 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
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.