Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 5, 1994, 10:22 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 5, 1994, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 11:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chippewa County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 223 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
- 1539 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -55 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1589 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 52 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 87 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 060322 RRA SVRSTC MNC023-060415- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 1022 PM CDT TUE JUL 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...CHIPPEWA COUNTY AT 1015 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM LOCATED IN NORTHWEST CHIPPEWA COUNTY ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE MONTEVIDEO... BIG BEND CITY AND INTO CLARA CITY AFTER 1045 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
Local storm report, Jul 5, 8:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 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, 1 hour 21 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.
FRASERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 9:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
920 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.
918 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL (2 3/4 INCH) 2 MILES SOUTH OF DANVERS
IN SWIFT COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF BENSON.
918 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AT BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY...30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
FRASERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 9:24 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
920 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.
918 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL (2 3/4 INCH) 2 MILES SOUTH OF DANVERS
IN SWIFT COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF BENSON.
918 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AT BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY...30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
FRASERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 10:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1010 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.
918 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL (2 3/4 INCH) 2 MILES SOUTH OF DANVERS
IN SWIFT COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF BENSON.
918 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AT BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY...30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
934 PM BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SWANVILLE OF MORRISON COUNTY...
10 MILES WEST OF LITTLE FALLS.
941 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL IN FREEDHAM OF MORRISON COUNTY...10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS.
FRASERLocal storm report, Jul 5, 10:11 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1010 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.
918 PM BASEBALL SIZE HAIL (2 3/4 INCH) 2 MILES SOUTH OF DANVERS
IN SWIFT COUNTY...5 MILES WEST OF BENSON.
918 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL AT BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY...30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
934 PM BRIEF FUNNEL CLOUD NEAR SWANVILLE OF MORRISON COUNTY...
10 MILES WEST OF LITTLE FALLS.
941 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL IN FREEDHAM OF MORRISON COUNTY...10 MILES
NORTHEAST OF LITTLE FALLS.
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, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 47 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 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 |
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.