Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 201, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Aug 27, 1994, 8:26 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 19 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 27, 1994, 8:26 PM CDT (01:26 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 27, 1994, 8:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 19 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Chippewa County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 184 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
- 1257 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -2 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -23 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 3 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- -0.2
- Supercell composite
- -1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 280131 RRA SVRMSP WIC017-280145- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 826 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 845 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY AT 800 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY NEAR BLOOMER AND EAGLETON. ONE INCH SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BLOOMER AT 8 PM. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF JIM FALLS..CORNELL..AND BOYD THROUGH 845 PM. 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. &
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, 7:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before
MNZ060-062-063-069-070-WIZ014>016-023>028-280110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 709 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... AT 705 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BALSAM LAKE TO PRESCOTT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF REEVE OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF DALLAS...CHETEK AND ISLAND LAKE THROUGH 8 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS HAD BECOME LESS NUMEROUS OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONLY ONE LONE THUNDERSTORM REMAINED OVER EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF ETTER AND MIESVILLE OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY AND EXIT MINNESOTA BY 8 PM. FEW IS ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AFTER 8 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 10 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 13 minutes before
MNZ060-062-063-069-070-WIZ014>016-023>028-280110- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 709 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... ...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM... AT 705 PM...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... MAINLY EAST OF A LINE FROM BALSAM LAKE TO PRESCOTT. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR THE TOWN OF REEVE OR ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF RICE LAKE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF DALLAS...CHETEK AND ISLAND LAKE THROUGH 8 PM. THERE HAVE BEEN NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS HAD BECOME LESS NUMEROUS OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ONLY ONE LONE THUNDERSTORM REMAINED OVER EASTERN DAKOTA COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF ETTER AND MIESVILLE OR ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ST PAUL. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS ACROSS NORTHERN GOODHUE COUNTY AND EXIT MINNESOTA BY 8 PM. F@EW IS ANY SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AFTER 8 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE ENTIRE AREA THROUGH 10 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:40 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MNZ050>053-059>063-067>070-075>077-083>086-092-093-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 740 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ....MORE OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781 CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED ADDITIONAL AREAS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO ABOUT ALBERT LEA. THE TWIN CITIES..MANKATO..FARIBAULT..AND WASECA ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. ROCHESTER..WINONA..AND AUSTIN REMAIN IN THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM. THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MINNESOTA EXCEPT THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. JPR JPR
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:43 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MNZ050>053-059>063-067>070-075>077-083>086-092-093-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 740 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ....MORE OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781 CANCELED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED ADDITIONAL AREAS OF TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 781. THE TORNADO WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT WEST OF A LINE FROM THE TWIN CITIES TO ABOUT ALBERT LEA. THE TWIN CITIES..MANKATO..FARIBAULT..AND WASECA ARE NO LONGER IN THE WATCH. ROCHESTER..WINONA..AND AUSTIN REMAIN IN THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM. THE COLD FRONT HAS MOVED THROUGH MINNESOTA EXCEPT THE NORTHEAST AND SOUTHEAST CORNER OF THE STATE. JPR JPR
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:46 PM CDT, 40 minutes before
WIZ014-015-016-023-024-025-026-027-028-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 746 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EAU CLAIRE... AT 750 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING WESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN DUNN AND PEPIN COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE NEAR THE TOWNS OF ROCK FALLS AND CARYVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT EAU CLAIRE AND THE TOWNS OF FALL CREEK AND AUGUSTA THROUGH 830 PM. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CHIPPEWA...DUNN...PIERCE AND PEPIN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Aug 27, 7:50 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
WIZ014-015-016-023-024-025-026-027-028-280145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 746 PM CDT SAT AUG 27 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING EAU CLAIRE... AT 750 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING WESTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY FROM SOUTHERN DUNN AND PEPIN COUNTIES. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS CENTERED ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF EAU CLAIRE NEAR THE TOWNS OF ROCK FALLS AND CARYVILLE. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL CONTINUE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL AFFECT EAU CLAIRE AND THE TOWNS OF FALL CREEK AND AUGUSTA THROUGH 830 PM. OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER CHIPPEWA...DUNN...PIERCE AND PEPIN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. LARGE HAIL ANDl DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE STRONGER STORMS THIS EVENING. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT THROUGH 10 PM. KAVINSKY
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 39 min |
| Aug 27, 7:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 61 min |
| Aug 27, 8:01 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pepin | 29 min |
| Aug 27, 8:37 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 23 min |
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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.