Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 198, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 10:00 AM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 10:00 AM CDT (15:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 10:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Mille Lacs County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 12:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 294 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
- 1524 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 61 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 162 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 471 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 271500 RRA SVRSTC MNC095-271530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 1000 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY AT 955 AM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHWEST OF ONAMIA OR 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. THIS STORM WILL AFFECT THE SOUTH SHORE OF MILLE LACS LAKE AND THE CITIES OF ONAMIA...WAHKON AND ISLE BETWEEN 10 AND 1030 AM. IF YOU ARE ON A LAKE...GET TO SHORE IMMEDI2ATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE...REMAIN INSIDE...BUT DO NOT TOUCH METAL EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE. 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 27, 7:07 AM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
MNZ004>096-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 707 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOORHEAD TO CARLTON AND THREE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. RANDOM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AND DISSIPATE IN THE MORE STABLE AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EXPECT VARIABLE CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION AS THE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS STABLE. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE TEMPERATURES NEARING 80 BY MID MORNING. THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:08 AM CDT, 2 hours 52 minutes before
MNZ004>096-271400- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 707 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 PM CDT... THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA...GENERALLY NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM MOORHEAD TO CARLTON AND THREE NORTHWEST COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. RANDOM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE INTO AND DISSIPATE IN THE MORE STABLE AIR OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. EXPECT VARIABLE CLOUDINESS THIS MORNING WITH AN INCREASING CHANCE FOR SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE REGION AS THE AIR MASS OVER THE AREA CONTINUES TO BECOME LESS STABLE. WARM AND HUMID CONDITIONS ARE ANTICIPATED WITH THE TEMPERATURES NEARING 80 BY MID MORNING. THE WINDS SHOULD REMAIN SOUTHEAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH THROUGH THE MORNING HOURS. CARROLL
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:45 AM CDT, 15 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 945 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE... AT 945 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BRAINERD SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MILACA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MILLE LACS LAKE UNTIL AROUND 11 AM. STRONG WINDS...UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE. BOATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSON ON AND NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE ESPECIALLY BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER. RAY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:49 AM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-271600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 945 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE... AT 945 AM AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM BRAINERD SOUTHWEST TO NEAR MILACA AND WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT MILLE LACS LAKE UNTIL AROUND 11 AM. STRONG WINDS...UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE AS THESE STORMS MOVE ACROSS THE LAKE. BOATERS SHOULD ALSO BE PREPARED FOR LIGHTNING...HEAVY RAINS AND SMALL HAIL. PERSON ON AND NEAR MILLE LACS LAKE ESPECIALLY BOATERS SHOULD SEEK SAFE SHELTER. RAY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 9:58 AM CDT, 2 minutes before
MNZ004>096-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1000 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS COULD SPAWN WINDS OVER 70 MPH...BIG HAIL AND TORNADOES... ...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GOPHER STATE TODAY... AS OF 10AM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY SPAWNED LARGE HAIL AND AT LEAST ONE TORNADO IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MINNESOTA WILL REMAIN A POWDER KEG FOR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE AFTERNOON A STRONG COLDFRONT WILL PLOW INTO THE GOPHER STATE AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CHARGES ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE VERY POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLDFRONT AS IS SURGES ACROSS THE STATE. THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF THE GOPHER STATE AND OUR NEIGHBORING STATES TO THE EAST...WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN. STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 10:00 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
MNZ004>096-280000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1000 AM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS COULD SPAWN WINDS OVER 70 MPH...BIG HAIL AND TORNADOES... ...A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE GOPHER STATE TODAY... AS OF 10AM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY SPAWNED LARGE HAIL AND AT LEAST ONE TORNADO IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA. THE ATMOSPHERE ACROSS MINNESOTA WILL REMAIN A POWDER KEG FOR MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO THE EVENING. DURING THE AFTERNOON A STRONG COLDFRONT WILL PLOW INTO THE GOPHER STATE AS AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE CHARGES ACROSS NORTHERN MINNESOTA. SOME SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND TORNADOES ARE VERY POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLDFRONT AS IS SURGES ACROSS THE STATE. THE SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER IN KANSAS CITY HAS INDICATED THAT THERE IS A HIGH RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS ALL OF THE GOPHER STATE AND OUR NEIGHBORING STATES TO THE EAST...WISCONSIN AND UPPER MICHIGAN. STAY TUNED THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON THE LATEST DEVELOPMENTS OF THIS POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION. PAULSON
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.