Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 26, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 11:07 PM CDT for Brown County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 11:07 PM CDT (04:07 UTC)
- Expired
- May 23, 1994, 11:54 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 317 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
- 1212 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -102 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2117 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 45 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 134 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 240408 RRA SVRRST MNC015-103-240500- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1107 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...BROWN COUNTY...WESTERN NICOLLET COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF EVAN...SANBORN...SLEEPY EYE...AND NEW ULM. AT 11PM RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS AND 15 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALL MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH THE TOWNS OF EVAN AND SANBORN BY 1130PM...AND MOVE TO SLEEPY EYE AND NEW ULM BY 1145PM CDT. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION... BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE THE PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 5AM TUESDAY. SCS &
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, 1 hour 45 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, 1 hour 37 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, 1 hour 37 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, 1 hour 33 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, 1 hour 33 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
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:00 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054-058-064-240500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1100 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR WEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT... AT 1100 PM A LARGE AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS COVERED MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM BRAINERD TO MILLE LACS LAKE AND SOUTH TO THE TWIN CITIES AND REDWOOD FALLS THEN UP TO ALEXANDRIA. THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY SINCE 10 PM AND NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED EXCEPT IN THE REDWOOD FALLS AREA WHERE A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CONTINUES TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA AND WILL BE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS. PERSONS IN THESE AREAS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR ADVERSE WEATHER AND CONTINUE TO MONITOR NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND LOCAL RADIO AND TV FOR POSSIBLE STATEMENTS OR WARNINGS. RAY
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, 9:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 53 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, 11:38 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.