Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 181, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1994, 5:14 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 1994, 5:14 PM CDT (22:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 10.2 hours before the alert went out and 287 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
- 82 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -829 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1515 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 231 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 183 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 KSTC 232214 RRA SVRSTC MNC067-093-232300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 514 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY...NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY AT 510 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR OR 5 MILES NORTH OF NEW LONDON MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF NEW LONDON...REGAL...AND EDEN VALLEY CAN EXPECT THIS STORM. REMEMBER TORNADOES CAN DEVELOP WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. 0 FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS. DO NOT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. MCBEATH PETERS
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 23, 5:05 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 505 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 503 PM A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD TO AROUND WILLMAR. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT REACHING THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES AROUND 630 PM. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY THIS EVENING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...INCLUDING LAKE MINNETONKA...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TSHORE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. DRB/CME
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:07 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-240000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 505 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 1994 ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT... AT 503 PM A RAPIDLY DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM 45 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD TO AROUND WILLMAR. MOVEMENT OF THIS LINE WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THESE STORMS WILL CONTINUE THEIR EASTWARD MOVEMENT REACHING THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES AROUND 630 PM. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION WITH LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES POSSIBLE. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY THIS EVENING. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES...INCLUDING LAKE MINNETONKA...SHOULD BE PREPARED TO QUICKLY MOVE TSHORE. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS. DRB/CME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 42 min |
| Aug 23, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 41 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.