Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 174, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 19, 1994, 5:46 AM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 29 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 1994, 5:46 AM CDT (10:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 1994, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 29 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 55 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
- 151 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -339 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1059 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 41 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 191047 RRA SVRRST MNC079-131-191115- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 546 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN LE SUEUR COUNTY...NORTHERN RICE COUNTY AT 540 AM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR HEIDELBERG OR 31 MILES NORTHEAST OF MANKATO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH MONTGOMERY BY 555 AM. PEA TO GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED WITH THIS STORM NEAR NEW PRAGUE. 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. &
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, Aug 19, 1:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-190740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 137 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 135 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN ST CLOUD AND WILLMAR IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEY MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO MINNEAPOLIS TO DULUTH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 1:38 AM CDT, 4 hours 8 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-190740- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 137 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 135 AM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING BETWEEN ST CLOUD AND WILLMAR IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEY MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED TO THE NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM WILLMAR TO MINNEAPOLIS TO DULUTH. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:37 AM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-191040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 437 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... AT 435 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HUTCHINSON AND LE SUEUR...JUST WEST OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD REACH DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS BY ABOUT 600 AM. EARLY RUSH-HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITY. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN A 120 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA TO HAYWARD WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DLK
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 4:39 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-191040- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 437 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM ENTERING TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... AT 435 AM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWEEN HUTCHINSON AND LE SUEUR...JUST WEST OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THIS STORM IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR...AND SHOULD REACH DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS BY ABOUT 600 AM. EARLY RUSH-HOUR MOTORISTS SHOULD USE CAUTION AS THIS STORM IS PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAIN WHICH WILL RESTRICT VISIBILITY. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSHOWERS WERE LOCATED IN A 120 MILE WIDE BAND FROM NEAR WORTHINGTON MINNESOTA TO HAYWARD WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. DLK
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:37 AM CDT, 9 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-191140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 537 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER SCOTT COUNTY IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AT 535 AM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 OR 50 MPH...AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. IT WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY LINE...NEAR NEW PRAGUE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR INTO NORTHERN LE SUEUR AND RICE COUNTIES. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW PRAGUE AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE LIGHTNING DANGER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. DLK
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 5:38 AM CDT, 8 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-191140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 537 AM CDT FRI AUG 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER SOUTHWEST TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... A STRONG THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPED RAPIDLY OVER SCOTT COUNTY IN THE SOUTHWEST SUBURBS OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AT 535 AM. THIS STORM MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO 40 OR 50 MPH...AND PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL. IT WAS LOCATED ON THE SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY LINE...NEAR NEW PRAGUE. IT WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR INTO NORTHERN LE SUEUR AND RICE COUNTIES. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE NEW PRAGUE AREA SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE LIGHTNING DANGER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. DLK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 6:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice, Steele | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 6:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Olmsted | 37 min |
| Aug 19, 8:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Houston | 38 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.