Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 9:13 PM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 9:13 PM CDT (02:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 10:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Morrison County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -93 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1204 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -29 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 060213 RRA SVRSTC MNC097-060300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 913 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MORRISON COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF LITTLE FALLS...PIERZ AND ROYALTON. AT 900 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LITTLE FALLS AND 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT LITTLE FALLS...UPSALA AND BOWLES BETWEEN 900 AND 930 PM AND WILL MOVE INTO ROYALTON AND PIERZ BY 945 PM. IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. NNNN
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, 8:30 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 830 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 825 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN WEST SWIFT COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BENSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE DANVERS/BENSON AREAS BY 9 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN SWIFT COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jul 5, 8:31 PM CDT, 42 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-060130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 830 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 825 PM RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPING IN WEST SWIFT COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF BENSON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND SHOULD BE IN THE DANVERS/BENSON AREAS BY 9 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM CAN PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...FREQtUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN SWIFT COUNTY SHOULD KEEP AN EYE TO THE SKY AND SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
855 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 5 JUL 94
852 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL (1 3/4 INCH) AT HOLLAWAY IN SWIFT
COUNTY...15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENSON.
FRASERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 9:01 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
855 PM CDT TUE JUL 05 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 5 JUL 94
852 PM GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL (1 3/4 INCH) AT HOLLAWAY IN SWIFT
COUNTY.X..15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF BENSON.
FRASERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 49 min |
| Jul 5, 9:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 58 min |
| Jul 5, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 53 min |
| Jul 6, 1:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
| Jul 6, 2:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 51 min |
| Jul 6, 3:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 42 min |
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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.