Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 110, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 4:52 AM CDT for Pierce County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 4:52 AM CDT (09:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 9.9 hours before the alert went out and 92 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 050951 SVRMSP WIC093-109-051045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 452 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...PIERCE COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY AT 450 AM SEVERE THUNDERSTOMRS WERE LOCATED IN THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AND WERE MOVING ACROSS THE ST CROIX RIVER INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN. AT 445 AM QUARTER SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED PRESCOTT IN PIERCE COUNTY. 60 MILE AN HOUR WINDS WERE ALSO RECORDED AT THE TWIN CITIES INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE HUDSON ELLSWORTH AND BALDWIN. 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 GOt TO A STORM SHELTER. CARSTENS &
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, 3:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 3 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, 1 hour 2 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
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 4:20 AM CDT, 32 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-051030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 420 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 AM FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 415 AM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MONTEVIDEO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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, 4:28 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-051030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 420 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 7 AM FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 415 AM RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA GENERALLY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO MONTEVIDEO. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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, 4:41 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ038>098-051300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 440 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 560 CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED MOST OF SOUTHWEST MINNEOSOTA FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH. THE AREA BOUNDED SOUTHWEST OF A LINE FROM CANBY...TO REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM AND FAIRMONT IS NO LONGER INCLUDED IN THE WATCH. THE OTHER PORTIONS OF WATCH NO. 560 R^EMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 7 AM. DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 5:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin | 69 min |
| Jul 5, 5:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron | 69 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.