Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1994, 12:43 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 24, 1994, 12:43 AM CDT (05:43 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1994, 1:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Omaha, NE (KOAX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 342 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
- 540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2649 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 18 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 39 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 240543 RRA SVRRST MNC013-043-240615- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1243 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY...FARIBAULT COUNTY ...THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF WINNEBAGO...BLUE EARTH...AND MAPLETON... AT 1235 AM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 22 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MANKATO NEAR WILLOW CREEK MOVING SOUTHEAST 40 MPH. WINNEBAGO...BLUE R...AND MAPLETON ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM AND CAN EXPECT DAMAGING WIND AND LARGE HAIL. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM AWAY FROM WINDOWS. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 5AM CDT. 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. &
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, 11:09 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 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, 11:50 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MNZ060-061-062-240515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1150 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 AT 1145 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE OBSERVED IN PLYMOUTH IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND LISTEN TO THE MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCOTT &
Special weather statement, May 23, 11:52 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MNZ060-061-062-240515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1150 PM CDT MON MAY 23 1994 AT 1145 PM THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO NORTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY. GUSTY WINDS OF 25 TO 35 MPH WERE OBSERVED IN PLYMOUTH IN THE NORTHWEST PART OF THE COUNTY. THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM TUESDAY MORNING FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. SEVERE THUNDJERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND STRONG DAMAGING WINDS WILL BE POSSIBLE. PEOPLE SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY AND LISTEN TO THE MEDIA FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS. SCOTT &
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:20 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
MNZ051>053-058>063-066>070-076>078-241000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...ALSO CLEARING SHERBURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1220 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI MCLEOD MEEKER RAMSEY SCOTT SIBLEY WASHINGTON WRIGHT GOODHUE LE SEUER RICE SHERBURNE SOME CITIES CLEARED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL... RED WING AND HUTCHINSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCHES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 5 AM.
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:21 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNZ052-053-058>063-066>070-076>078-241000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1220 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI MCLEOD MEEKER RAMSEY SCOTT SIBLEY WASHINGTON WRIGHT GOODHUE LE SEUER RICE SOME CITIES CLEARED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL... RED WING AND HUTCHINSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCHES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 5 AM. TDK
Special weather statement, May 24, 12:25 AM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ051>053-058>063-066>070-076>078-241000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION...ALSO CLEARING SHERBURNE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1220 AM CDT TUE MAY 24 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED FOR PART OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... ANOKA CARVER CHISAGO DAKOTA HENNEPIN ISANTI MCLEOD MEEKER RAMSEY SCOTT SIBLEY WASHINGTON WRIGHT GOODHUE LE SEUER RICE SHERBURNE SOME CITIES CLEARED FROM THE WATCH INCLUDE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL... RED WING AND HUTCHINSON. THE REMAINDER OF THE WATCHES WILL CONTINUE UNTIL 5 AM.
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 23, 11:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 52 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.