Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 27, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 23, 1994, 11:38 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 23, 1994, 11:38 PM CDT (04:38 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 12:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Watonwan County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 318 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 WUUS1 KRST 240442 RRA SVRRST MNC165-240530- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING...CORRECTION FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1138 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1230 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WATONWAN COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF DARFUR...ST. JAMES...AND BUTTERFIELD. AT 1125 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 30 MILES WEST OF NEW ULM MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REACH DARFUR...ST. JAMES..AND BUTTERFIELD BY MIDNIGHT. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. THESE STORMS WILL PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH. 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 ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM TUESDAY. &
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
Local storm report, May 23, 9:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 8 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, 2 hours 4 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, 2 hours 4 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, 38 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
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:09 PM CDT, 29 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, 11:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 32 min |
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.