Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 9:52 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 53 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 9:52 PM CDT (02:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 53 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
International Fa, MN (KINL), launched 00:00Z, 2.9 hours before the alert went out and 340 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
- 63 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1183 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 240252 RRA SVRSTC MNC009-141-145-240345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 952 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WESTERN BENTON COUNTY...WESTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY ...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 945 RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF ALBANY WHICH IS 20 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THIS STORM WILL MOVE THROUGH THE CITIES OF ST CLOUD...COLD SPRING... KIMBALL AND CLEAR LAKE BETWEEN 10 PM AND 1030 PM. IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. 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, May 23, 9:22 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNC127-129-240330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 922 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM... AT 1020 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...JUST NORTH OF LAQ QUI PARLE AND WATSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES AROUND 10 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR THIS STORM. CARSTENS
Special weather statement, May 23, 9:22 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNC127-129-240330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 922 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES UNTIL 11 PM... AT 1020 A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ALONG THE MINNESOTA RIVER 50 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...JUST NORTH OF LAQ QUI PARLE AND WATSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL MOVE INTO REDWOOD AND RENVILLE COUNTIES AROUND 10 PM. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. IF YOU ARE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES BE PREPARED TO MOVE INDOORS AS THIS STORM APPROACHES. LISTEN TO LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS FOR THIS STORM. L CARSTENS
Local storm report, May 23, 9:30 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
930 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994
REPORT FOR 23 MAY 1994, SECOND REPORT, OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME EVENT
825 PM ORTONVILLE, BIG STONE COUNTY, QUARTER SIZE (1 INCH)
HAIL, WIND GUST TO 60 MPH.
835 PM ODESSA, BIG STONE COUNTY, GOLF BALL SIZE ( 13/4 INCH)
HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, WIND GUST TO 45 MPH.
914 PM BENSON, SWIFT COUNTY, 3/4 INCH HAIL.
915 PM MADISON, LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY, 3/4 INCH HAIL.
910 PM BELLINGHAM, LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY, 1 INCH HAIL.
FRASERSpecial weather statement, May 23, 9:30 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNZ018>019-022>036-240330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 930 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CANCELLED FOR PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORMAN MAHNOMEN BECKER SOUTHERN CLEARWATER CLAY OTTER TAIL HUBBARD CASS WILKIN WADENA CROW WING ITASCA NORTHERN AITKIN CENTRAL ST LOUIS SOUTHERN KOOCHICHING TDK
Local storm report, May 23, 9:34 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
930 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994
REPORT FOR 23 MAY 1994, SECOND REPORT, OTHERS WILL FOLLOW.
ALL TIMES CDT
TIME EVENT
825 PM ORTONVILLE, BIG STONE COUNTY, QUARTER SIZE (1 INCH)
HAIL, WIND GUST TO 60 MPH.
835 PM ODESSA, BIG STONE COUNTY, GOLF BALL SIZE ( 13/4 INCH)
HAIL, HEAVY RAIN, WIND GUST TO 45 MPH.
914 PM BENSON, SWIFT COUNTY, 3/4 INCH HAIL.
915 PM MADISON, LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY, 3/4 INCH HAIL.
910 PM BELLINGHAM, LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY, 1 INCH HAIL.
FRASERSpecial weather statement, May 23, 9:34 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ018>019-022>036-240330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 930 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCHES CANCELLED FOR PART OF NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... NORMAN MAHNOMEN BECKER SOUTHERN CLEARWATER CLAY OTTER TAIL HUBBARD CASS WILKIN WADENA CROW WING ITASCA NORTHERN AITKIN CENTRAL ST LOUIS SOUTHERN KOOCHICHING TDK
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Big Stone | 60 min |
| May 23, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Big Stone | 51 min |
| May 23, 8:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 47 min |
| May 23, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 55 min |
| May 23, 9:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 52 min |
| May 23, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 43 min |
| May 23, 10:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 53 min |
| May 23, 10:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 38 min |
| May 23, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 47 min |
| May 23, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 52 min |
| May 24, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 32 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.