Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 148, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 1:31 AM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 1:31 AM CDT (06:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 6.5 hours before the alert went out and 90 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 190631 RRA SVRSTC MNC009-141-145-190730- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 131 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN BENTON COUNTY...WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY ...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 125 AM RADAR INDICATED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM IN EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE AVON...ST CLOUD...SAUK RAPIDS...AND CLEAR LAKE. YOU SHOULD MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. 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 19, 12:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MNZ004>096-190700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1225 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA CANCELED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EXTEND SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BE ADVISED THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. DRB
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:35 AM CDT, 56 minutes before
MNZ004>096-190700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1225 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA CANCELED... THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELED. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PART OF WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 3 AM CDT. THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP EARLY THIS MORNING OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND EXTEND SOUTHEASTWARD TOWARD CENTRAL MINNESOTA. BE ADVISED THAT THESE STORMS ARE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING ISOLATED AREAS OF LARGE HAIL AND STRONG WINDS. DRB
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:50 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-190645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1250 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AT TIMES PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUE OVER MOST OF MORRISON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS. HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING OR PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AS THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE DECEIVING. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 12:52 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-190645- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1250 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS...AT TIMES PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL...CONTINUE OVER MOST OF MORRISON COUNTY. RADAR INDICATED LITTLE OR NO MOVEMENT WITH THIS AREA OF STORMS. HEAVY RAINS PRODUCED BY THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCAL STREET FLOODING OR PONDING OzF WATER ON ROADWAYS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO CROSS WATER COVERED ROADWAYS AS THE ACTUAL DEPTH OF THE WATER MAY BE DECEIVING. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:15 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZ004>096-190700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 115 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 631 FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE MOVED EASTWARD AND GENERALLY DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. AS OF 110 AM...THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR BEMIDJI TO GULL LAKE TO LITTLE FALLS TO JUST NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE ALONG THAT PORTION OF THE LINE FROM JUST WEST OF GULL LAKE TO NEAR ST CLOUD. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT OVER THE STATE...CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FOR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN PARTICULAR...THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA APPEAR MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAVY WEATHER UNTIL AT LEAST 300 AM. LUSSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:21 AM CDT, 10 minutes before
MNZ004>096-190700- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 115 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 631 FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM THIS MORNING HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE MOVED EASTWARD AND GENERALLY DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE LATE MONDAY EVENING. AS OF 110 AM...THUNDERSTORMS PERSISTED ALONG A LINE FROM NEAR BEMIDJI TO GULL LAKE TO LITTLE FALLS TO JUST NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THAT THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE ALONG THAT PORTION OF THE LINE FROM JUST WEST OF GULL LAKE TO NEAR ST CLOUD. WHILE NO SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT OVER THE STATE...CONDITIONS STILL REMAIN FOR THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT OF LOCALIZED HEAVY RAIN AND ISOLATED OCCURRENCES OF SEVERE WEATHER DURING THE EARLY MORNING HOURS. IN PARTICULAR...THE CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA APPEAR MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO HEAVY WEATHER UNTIL AT LEAST 300 AM. LUSSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 18, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 47 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.