Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 15, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 7:14 AM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 7:14 AM CDT (12:14 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Renville County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 107 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 62 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 231214 SVRMSP MNC129-231300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 714 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY AT 713 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR THE TOWN OF REDWOOD FALLS. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THE STORM WILL BE AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF MORTON...FRANKLIN AND FAIRFAX. THE STORM WILL REACH THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX BY 745 AM. 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 GO TO A STORM SHELTER. DWE/BAP
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, May 23, 5:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MNC127-231215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 516 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS YELLOW MEDICINE AND LYON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AT 510 AM SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR ST. LEO IN CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY TO NEAR MARSHALL IN LYON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY BY 545 AM SOME HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS MAY MOVE INTO THE VESTA AND MILROY AREAS OF NORTHWEST REDWOOD COUNTY. MILROY AND VESTA ARE ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MARSHALL. PAULSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 5:16 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MNC127-231215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 516 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HEADING FOR REDWOOD COUNTY... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING ACROSS YELLOW MEDICINE AND LYON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED HAIL IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA. AT 510 AM SOME OF THE STRONGER STORMS WERE NEAR ST. LEO IN CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY TO NEAR MARSHALL IN LYON COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE APPROACHING WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY BY 545 AM SOME HAIL AND VERY GUSTY WINDS MAY MOVE INTO THE VESTA AND MILROY AREAS OF NORTHWEST REDWOOD COUNTY. MILROY AND VESTA ARE ABOUT 20 MILES EAST OF MARSHALLh. PAULSON
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:14 AM CDT, 1 hour before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 614 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 600 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CYRUS IN POPE COUNTY TO SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN AREA OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 6:14 AM CDT, 1 hour before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231230- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 614 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR LAC QUI PARLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES HAS EXPIRED... AT 600 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS FROM CYRUS IN POPE COUNTY TO SOUTHEAST OF GRANITE FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND STRONG WINDS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN AREA OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS.
Special weather statement, May 23, 7:03 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 703 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 AT 700 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN AREA OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. MCBEATH PETERS
Special weather statement, May 23, 7:03 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 703 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 AT 700 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD TO REDWOOD FALLS. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. PEOPLE SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO AN AREA OF SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPS. MCBEATH PETERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 4:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| May 23, 10:51 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 39 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.