Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 150, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 2:26 AM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 2:26 AM CDT (07:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 3:05 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 7.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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 KMSP 190726 RRA SVRMSP MNC085-019-190815- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 226 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 315 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...CARVER COUNTY AT 222 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EASTERN MC LEOD AND WESTERN CARVER COUNTIES. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM WATERTOWN TO PLATO. THESE TOWNS ARE 30 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF HOLLYWOOD...WACONIA...HAMBURG...AND COLOGNE. AS THESE STORMS MOVED THROUGH MAPLE LAKE IN WRIGHT COUNTY...TREES WERE BLOWN DOWN. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION... BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE THE PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. KRC/DRB &
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, 1:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 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, 1 hour 5 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, 1:34 AM CDT, 52 minutes before
MNZ059-060-065-066-067-068-073-190730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 134 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 130 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD TO JUST WEST OF HUTCHINSON. THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING VERY QUICKLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH TOWARD WRIGHT AND MCLEOD COUTNIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF CLEARWATER...ANNANDALE...COKATO...AND HUTCHINSON BEFORE 215 AM. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY QUICKLY. AVOID THE USE OF TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL A PPLIANCES DURING LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. DRB
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 1:35 AM CDT, 51 minutes before
MNZ059-060-065-066-067-068-073-190730- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 134 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 130 AM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE LINE EXTENDED FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO LITCHFIELD TO JUST WEST OF HUTCHINSON. THE STORMS WERE DEVELOPING VERY QUICKLY AND HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH TOWARD WRIGHT AND MCLEOD COUTNIES. THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF CLEARWATER...ANNANDALE...COKATO...AND HUTCHINSON BEFORE 215 AM. IF STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PDLACE OF SAFETY QUICKLY. AVOID THE USE OF TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL A PPLIANCES DURING LIGHTNING ACTIVITY. DRB
Local storm report, Jul 19, 1:45 AM CDT, 41 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 145 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 19 JUL 94 140 AM STEARNS COUNTY...CITY OF ST CLOUD...3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL. RAY
Local storm report, Jul 19, 1:49 AM CDT, 37 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 145 AM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 19 JUL 94 140 AM STEARNS COUNTY...CITY OF ST CLOUD...3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL. RAY
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, 1:31 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, 2:37 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.