Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 10:51 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 10:51 AM CDT (15:51 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 39 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Freeborn County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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 KRST 231557 RRA SVRRST MNC047-231630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1051 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1120 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN FREEBORN COUNTY AT 1050 AM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTHEAST OF WALTERS...WHICH IS 15 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA. THE STORM WAS MOVING WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...MANSFIELD...ALDEN...AND TWIN LAKES. 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. TESKE
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, 9:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 901 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 AT 855 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE FROM ST CLOUD TO BUFFALO TO FAIRMONT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY INDOORS TO AVOID DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. MCBEATH PETERS
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:01 AM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 901 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 AT 855 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE LEADING EDGE FROM ST CLOUD TO BUFFALO TO FAIRMONT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY INDOORS TO AVOID DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. MCBEATH PETERS
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MNZ059-060-061-062-063-068-069-070-231530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 923 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES... AT 918 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS EMBEDDED WITH THUDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS WRIGHT AND CARVER COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA THIS MORNING PRODUCING SOME DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOOK FOR THESE THUNDERTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA AROU 930 AM THEN OVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF MINNEAPOLIS BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1000 AM. MOVING AT 25 MPH...THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTETO REACH ST PAUL BY 1030 AM AND APPROACH THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY AROUND 1100 AM TO 1130 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF SEVERE WINDS OR HAIL...NEVETHE LESS...BE PREPARED FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEEK SHELTER FROM THE POTENTIAL LIGHTNING. WJH
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:23 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MNZ059-060-061-062-063-068-069-070-231530- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 923 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE HEADING ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES... AT 918 AM...AN AREA OF SHOWERS EMBEDDED WITH THUDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED ACROSS WRIGHT AND CARVER COUNTIES. THESE SHOWERS WILL MOVE EAST ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA THIS MORNING PRODUCING SOME DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. LOOK FOR THESE THUNDERTORMS TO MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA AROU 930 AM THEN OVER THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF MINNEAPOLIS BETWEEN 945 AM AND 1000 AM. MOVING AT 25 MPH...THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTETO REACH ST PAUL BY 1030 AM AND APPR"OACH THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY AROUND 1100 AM TO 1130 AM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS DO NOT HAVE A HISTORY OF SEVERE WINDS OR HAIL...NEVETHE LESS...BE PREPARED FOR PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN AND SEEK SHELTER FROM THE POTENTIAL LIGHTNING. WJH
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:34 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1035 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1030 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO THE TWIN CITIES TO THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER NEAR ALBERT LEA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE S@TORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY INDOORS TO AVOID DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. MCBEATH PETERS
Special weather statement, May 23, 10:35 AM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-231630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1035 AM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1030 AM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SHOWERS WITH EMBEDDED THUNDERSTORMS FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO THE TWIN CITIES TO THE MINNESOTA-IOWA BORDER NEAR ALBERT LEA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...DEADLY LIGHTNING...SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. STAY INDOORS TO AVOID DEADLY CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES. 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, 7:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 46 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.