Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 185, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 25, 1994, 3:17 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 25, 1994, 3:17 PM CDT (20:17 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 25, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 43 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pope County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1334 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -154 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1348 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 77 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 252017 RRA SVRSTC MNC121-145-153-252100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 317 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN POPE COUNTY...WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY ...SOUTHERN TODD COUNTY AT 310 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENWOOD IN POPE COUNTY MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF OSAKIS AND WEST UNION IN TODD COUNTY...SAUK CENTRE AND MELROSE IN STEARNS COUNTY AND VILLARD AND WESTPORT IN POPE COUNTY CAN EXPECT THIS DANGEROUS STORM BETWEEN 325 PM AND 345 PM. IF YOU OUTSIDE IN THE OPEN...YOU SHOULD MOVE TO A SHELTER... PREFERABLY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING BUT STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES OR THE TELEPHONE UNLESS IT IS AN EMERGENCY. MCBEATH PETERS NNNN
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 25, 2:45 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-252045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 242 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUING TO DEVELOP OVER MINNESOTA... AT 240 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER EXTREME EASTERN REDWOOD AND SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTIES..ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF A DEVELOPING LINE OF STORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OLIVIA TO FAIRMONT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST BUT DEVELOPING NORTHWARD. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE THROUGH WINTHROP AND GIBBON IN WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM. A SECOND LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...STRETCHING FROM NEAR CORRELL IN EASTERN BIG STONE COUNTY TO JUST NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THIS LINE OF STORMS WAS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH. SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND TRACK EAST OR SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 2:55 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNZ004>041-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 300 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 771 CANCELED... THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 771 HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE WATCH IS CANCELED ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A BEMIDJI TO WADENA TO WHEATON LINE. THE REMAINDER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT. DRB MINNESOTA AND TRACK EAST OR SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 2:59 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ004>041-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 300 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 771 CANCELED... THE NORTHWEST PORTIOHN OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 771 HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE WATCH IS CANCELED ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A BEMIDJI TO WADENA TO WHEATON LINE. THE REMAINDER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT. DRB
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 3:00 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ004>041-252100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 300 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...PART OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 771 CANCELED... THE NORTHWEST PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 771 HAS BEEN CANCELED. THE WATCH IS CANCELED ROUGHLY NORTHWEST OF A BEMIDJI TO WADENA TO WHEATON LINE. THE REMAINDER OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 771 REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 PM CDT. DRB MINNESOTA AND TRACK EAST OR SOUTHEAST THROUGH THIS EVENING. SOME OF THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WILL PRODUCE HAIL AND STRONG WIND GUSTS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR ABOUT THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 3:02 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MNZ059-060-065>070-073-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 302 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...HAIL REPORTED IN RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 2:50 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX IN FAR SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HAIL WAS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OLIVIA IN RENVILLE COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF MANKATO. THESE STORM ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF HECTOR...GIBBON AND CHURCHILL THROUGH 4 PM. STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 25, 3:04 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
MNZ059-060-065>070-073-252030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 302 PM CDT THU AUG 25 1994 ...HAIL REPORTED IN RENVILLE COUNTY... AT 2:50 PM A NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL ABOUT 1 MILE EAST OF THE TOWN OF FAIRFAX IN FAR SOUTHERN RENVILLE COUNTY. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE HAIL WAS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THIS STORM WAS PART OF A DEVELOPING LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR OLIVIA IN RENVILLE COUNTY TO JUST WEST OF MANKATO. THESE STORM ARE MOVING TO THE EAST AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF HECTOR...GIBBON AND CHURCHILL THROUGH 4 PM. STRONG AND POSSIBLY SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS \WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THROUGH THIS EVENING. REMAIN ALERT FOR APPROACHING THUNDERSTORMS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA THROUGH 8 PM. KAVINSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 25, 3:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 43 min |
| Aug 25, 3:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 51 min |
| Aug 25, 3:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 46 min |
| Aug 25, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 59 min |
| Aug 25, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 47 min |
| Aug 25, 4:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 57 min |
| Aug 25, 4:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 30 min |
| Aug 25, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 44 min |
| Aug 25, 5:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 40 min |
| Aug 25, 5:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 45 min |
| Aug 25, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 35 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.