Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 147, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 18, 1994, 8:13 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 18, 1994, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 18, 1994, 9:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stearns County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 600 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -104 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1060 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 180 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 291 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.1
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 190113 RRA SVRSTC MNC145-190200- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 813 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 810 PM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM JUST EAST OF MELROSE WHICH IS 32 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ALBANY...AVON...AND ST CLOUD. IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. PARKIN 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 18, 5:47 PM CDT, 2 hours 26 minutes before
MNZ046-054>058-064>067-073-075-190000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 544 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR PART OF THE SOUTHWEST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED NORTH OF A MANKATO TO MARSHALL LINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THE SEVERE STORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 64 MPH IN JACKSON...AND NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. DRB AT SIGNS OF AN IMPENDING STORM...TOWERING THUNDERHEADS...DARKENING SKIES.Z..LIGHTNING AND INCREASING WINDS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. TUNE IN NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL RADIO OR TV STATION FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 5:48 PM CDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
MNZ046-054>058-064>067-073-075-190000 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 544 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR PART OF THE SOUTHWEST... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED NORTH OF A MANKATO TO MARSHALL LINE. THE REMAINDER OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT. THE SEVERE STORMS \MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE PRODUCED WIND GUSTS TO 64 MPH IN JACKSON...AND NUMEROUS REPORTS HAVE BEEN RECEIVED OF GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL. DRB
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:15 PM CDT, 58 minutes before
MNZ046-054>058-064>067-071>076-080>092-190200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 715 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 715 PM THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT THREATENED SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE STATE. THE POTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ANYWHERE IN THE GOPHER STATE. DRB
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:21 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
MNZ046-054>058-064>067-071>076-080>092-190200 SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 715 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELED FOR ALL OF MINNESOTA... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELED. AT 715 PM THE SEVERE WEATHER THAT THREATENED SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS MOVED SOUTH OF THE STATE. THE PPOTENTIAL FOR ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT REMAINS LIKELY FOR MUCH OF THE STATE TONIGHT. HOWEVER...AT THIS TIME NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE IN EFFECT ANYWHERE IN THE GOPHER STATE. DRB
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:49 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 750 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 745 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER ALL OF TODD COUNTY AND THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF STEARNS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSON2S IN THE CITIES OF LONG PRAIRIE...ALBANY...COLD SPRING... AND ST CLOUD CAN EXPECT TO SEE THESE STORMS IN THEIR AREA BEFORE 9 PM. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jul 18, 7:50 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-190200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 750 PM CDT MON JUL 18 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 745 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER ALL OF TODD COUNTY AND THE EASTERN TWO THIRDS OF STEARNS COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE CITIES OF LONG PRAIRIE...ALBANY...COLD SPRING... AND ST CLOUD CAN EXPECT TO SEE THESE STORMS IN THEIR AREA BEFORE 9 PM. PARKIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 1:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 59 min |
| Jul 19, 1:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 2:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 39 min |
| Jul 19, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 54 min |
| Jul 19, 3:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 41 min |
| Jul 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 26 min |
| Jul 19, 4:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton | 30 min |
| Jul 19, 4:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 51 min |
| Jul 19, 5:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 48 min |
| Jul 19, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 44 min |
| Jul 19, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 42 min |
| Jul 19, 6:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 49 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.