Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 206, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Oct 6, 1994, 8:28 PM CDT for Sibley County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Oct 6, 1994, 8:28 PM CDT (01:28 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 6, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Sibley County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 58 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
- 77 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 799 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 58 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 498 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 522 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 070129 RRA SVRMSP MNC143-070215- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 828 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 915 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN SIBLEY COUNTY AT 825 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 15 MILES TO THE NORTH OF MANKATO. SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE HENDERSON...GREEN ISLE...ARLINGTON AND RUSH RIVER. MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE NORTH AT 55 MILES AN HOUR. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL... DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO TO A STORM SHELTER. DWE
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, Oct 6, 7:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 25 minutes before
WIZ014-015-016-023-024-025-026-027-028-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 703 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 7 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF THE ST CROIX RIVER...NEAR ST CROIX FALLS AND HUDSON. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN WISCONSIN COUNTIES OF POLK... ST CROIX AND PIERCE...AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF BALSAM LAKE... NEW RICHMOND...BALDWIN AND ELLSWORTH BETWEEN 715 PM AND 830 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVED THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DWE
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:05 PM CDT, 1 hour 23 minutes before
WIZ014-015-016-023-024-025-026-027-028-070200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 703 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING STRONG WINDS WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. AT 7 PM...THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS LOCATED FROM JUST WEST OF THE ST CROIX RIVER...NEAR ST CROIX FALLS AND HUDSON. MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT NEARLY 50 MILES AN HOUR AND SHOULD BE MOVING INTO THE WESTERN WISCONSIN COUNTIES OF POLK... ST CROIX AND PIERCE...AND AFFECTING THE COMMUNITIES OF BALSAM LAKE... NEW RICHMOND...BALDWIN AND ELLSWORTH BETWEEN 715 PM AND 830 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE PRODUCED WINDS AROUND 50 MILES AN HOUR AS THEY MOVED THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. DWE
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:45 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-070145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 745 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 740 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM FARWELL IN POPE COUNTY SOUTH TO MAYNARD IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...HOWEVER THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. THE LINE SHOULD EXTEND FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GLENWOOD TO REDWOOD FALLS BY 845 PM. PERSONS IN POPE...EASTERN SWIFT AND EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. REMAIN INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HAMEN WSUS41KMKC .
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 7:47 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-070145- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 745 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT... AT 740 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...FROM FARWELL IN POPE COUNTY SOUTH TO MAYNARD IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THIS LINE WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH...HOWEVER THE INDIVIDUAL STORMS WERE RAPIDLY MOVING NORTH AT 60 MPH. THE LINE SHOULD EXTEND FROM ALEXANDRIA TO GLENWOOD TO REDWOOD FALLS BY 845 PM. PERSONS IN POPE...EASTERN SWIFT AND EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTIES CAN EXPECT HEAVY RAIN AND NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH. REMAIN INSIDE AND AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THESE STORMS HAVE PASSED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR YOUR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. HAMEN
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 8:20 PM CDT, 8 minutes before
MNZ060>063-067>070-070215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 820 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...MORE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO... THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS OF 50 OR 55 MPH WERE JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. AT 815 PM... THE STORMS WERE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER...FROM JORDAN TO MANKATO. MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GUSTS OF 50 OR 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN TWIGS AND SMALL BRANCHES. SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. A NUMBER OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CITIES SUCH AS BELLE PLAINE... SHAKOPEE...JORDAN AND CHASKA BY 9 PM...AND THEN THROUGH THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. TDK
Special weather statement, Oct 6, 8:22 PM CDT, 6 minutes before
MNZ060>063-067>070-070215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 820 PM CDT THU OCT 6 1994 ...MORE STORMS WITH GUSTY WINDS ARE MOVING INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN TWIN CITIES METRO... THUNDERSTORMS WITH GUSTS OF 50 OR 55 MPH WERE JUST BEGINNING TO MOVE INTO THE SOUTHWESTERN PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. AT 815 PM... THE STORMS WERE ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER...FROM JORDAN TO MANKATO. MOVEMENT WAS RAPIDLY NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. GUSTS OF 50 OR 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED...ENOUGH TO TAKE DOWN TWIGS AND SMALL BRANCHES. SMALL HAIL MAY ALSO OCCUR. A NUMBER OF STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH CITIES SUCH AS BELLE PLAINE... SHAKOPEE...JORDAN AND CHASKA BY 9 PM...AND THEN THROUGH THE REST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO. TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 6, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Waseca | 36 min |
| Oct 6, 9:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 34 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.