Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 182, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 23, 1994, 5:54 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 23, 1994, 5:54 PM CDT (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 1994, 6:39 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wright County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 350 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 KMSP 232257 RRA SVRMSP MNC171-240000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 554 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WRIGHT COUNTY AT 554 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO NORTHWEST WRIGHT COUNTY NEAR THE TOWNS OF SOUTH HAVEN AND FRENCH LAKE... WHICH ARE APPOXIMATELY 15 TO 20 MILES SOUTH OF ST CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST..SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANNANDALE...MAPLE LAKE... BUFFALO...AND WEST ALBION. THIS STORM PRODUCED WINDS TO 60 MPH BLOWING DOWN TREES IN THE TOWN OF WATKINS...WHICH IS IN EXTREME NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT. BRIGHT/LUSSKY &
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, 49 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, 47 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
Local storm report, Aug 23, 5:39 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
535 PM CDT AUG 23 1994
TIME EVENT
503 PM STEARNS CTY...MARBLE TO 3/4 INCH HAIL AT MELROSE...
30 NW ST CLOUD. VSBY 1/4 IN HVY RAIN.
519 PM STEARNS CTY...3/4 TO NICKEL SIZE HAIL AT PAYNESVILLE...
30 SW ST CLOUD.
RAYSpecial weather statement, Aug 23, 5:42 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-232345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 542 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 1994 AT 541 PM RADAR SHOWED A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST..SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY AROUND 6 PM. SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE EFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM ARE ANNANDALE AND WEST ALBION. RESIDENTS OF WRIGHT COUNTY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT. THIS MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. DRB
Special weather statement, Aug 23, 5:44 PM CDT, 10 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-232345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 542 PM CDT TUE AUG 23 1994 AT 541 PM RADAR SHOWED A POTENTIALLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY...APPROXIMATELY 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST..SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO WESTERN WRIGHT COUNTY AROUND 6 PM. SOME CITIES THAT WILL BE EFFECTED BY THIS THUNDERSTORM ARE ANNANDALE AND WEST ALBION. RESIDENTS OF WRIGHT COUNTY SHOULD STAY TUNED FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS THIS EVENING. BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. REMEMBER A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT TONIGHT. THIS MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...AND ISOLATED TORNADOES. DRB
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, 5:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 46 min |
| Aug 23, 6:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.