Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 19, 1994, 5:27 PM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 19, 1994, 5:27 PM CDT (22:27 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Carver County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 16 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
- 44 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -204 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 892 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 80 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 192226 RRA SVRMSP MNC019-192315- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 527 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTH AND EAST CARVER COUNTY AT 523 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF CHASKA...COLOGNE...NORWOOD AND CHANHASSEN. THIS STORM DOES HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. PEOPLE IN THE WARNED AREA SHOULD SEEK SHELTER IN THE INTERIOR PORTION OF THE HOUSE OR APARTMENT AWAY FROM WINDOWS. EDWARDS
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, 3:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before
MNZ004>096-200200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 335 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STILL EXPECTED OVER SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING... VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIR WILL HELP TRIGGER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EASTERN MINNESOTA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON INTO THE EARLY EVENING. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BECOME SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS IN EAST CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA. THE AREA INCLUDES THE TWIN CITIES...ROCHESTER ...ALBERT LEA AND MANKATO. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE OVER THE REST OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH 8 PM. AT 335 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NEAR FAIRMONT AND ALBERT LEA. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR NEW ULM AND PRINCETON. ALL THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION OVER SOUTHEAST AND PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. IT IS A GOOD TIME TO REVIEW YOUR SEVERE WEATHER SAFETY RULES. STAY ABREAST OF THE LATEST FORECASTS FOR YOUR AREA... AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 3 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-192225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 427 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 420 PM...A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN ANOKA AND SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTIES...OVER THE TOWNS OF BETHEL AND COOPERS CORNERS OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM...HOWEVER IT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTY...NORTHERN ANOKA COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEBER AND STACEY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:27 PM CDT, 1 hour before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-192225- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 427 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 420 PM...A THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER NORTHERN ANOKA AND SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTIES...OVER THE TOWNS OF BETHEL AND COOPERS CORNERS OR ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM...HOWEVER IT HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS AS IT TRACKS ACROSS SOUTHERN ISANTI COUNTY...NORTHERN ANOKA COUNTY INTO SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS THUNDERSTORM INCLUDE WEBER AND STACEY. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ARE EXPECTED ACROSS PORTIONS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING MAY STRIKE WELL AHEAD OF AN APPROACHING THUNDERSTORM. PRECAUTIONS SHOULD BE TAKEN EVEN THOUGH THE THUNDERSTORM IS NOT DIRECTLY OVERHEAD. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 4:57 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 500 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 455 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SIBLEY COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF GAYLORD AND HENDERSON IN EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. SHORTLY AFTER 500PM THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTY...BETWEEN THE CITIES OF COLOGNE AND NEW PRAGUE TOWARDS THE CITY OF CHASKA. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ON ITS CURRENT TRACK IT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE MINNETONKA AROUND 530PM. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:00 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-192300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 500 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 AT 455 PM CDT STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SIBLEY COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. PEOPLE IN THE CITIES OF GAYLORD AND HENDERSON IN EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WITH THIS STORM. SHORTLY AFTER 500PM THIS STORM WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY AND EXTREME SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTY...BETWEEN THE CITIES OF COLOGNE AND NEW PRAGUE TOWARDS THE CITY OF CHASKA. IF THIS STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE ON ITS CURRENT TRACK IT WILL APPROACH THE SOUTHERN SHORES OF LAKE MINNETONKA AROUND 530PM. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jul 19, 5:21 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
MNC003-019-025-053-059-139-143-192330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 523 PM CDT TUE JUL 19 1994 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH IS MOVING INTO NORTHERN SCOTT COUNTY AND SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTY AT 520 PM CDT. IT APPEARS THAT STORMS ARE CLUSTERING TO THE SOUTHWEST AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. PERSONS IN THE WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE METRO AREA..INCLUDING MINNETONKA...EDEN PRAIRIE AND SHAKOPEE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR GUSTY WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. MOTORIST AT RUSH HOUR CAN EXPECT TO DRIVE INTO THUNDERSTORMS IN THE SOUTHWEST METRO AREA BETWEEN 530 AND 600 PM CDT. SMALL HAIL WAS REPORTED IN GREEN ISLE IN SIBLEY COUNTY AT 520 PM BY THE COUNTY SHERIFF. AN UNCONFIRMED REPORT OF FUNNEL CLOUD WAS RECEIVED ABOUT THE SAME TIME IN NORWOOD IN SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTY. PEOPLE IN CHASKA SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO SHELTER IF A WARNING IS ISSUED OR THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. EDWARDS
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, 2:26 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, 5:31 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.