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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 29, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 28, 1994Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 28, 1994, 8:24 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 28, 1994, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-05-29Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-05-29The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 73 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-41 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
201 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
WUUS1 KSTC 290124 RRA
SVRSTC
MNC067-023-290215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
824 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY
 
AT 815 PM A SPOTTER IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY REPORTED 1 INCH HAIL JUST EAST OF
MONTEVIDEO IN CENTRAL CHIPPEWA COUNTY. THE STORM CONTAINING THIS HAIL
WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM
INCLUDE GLUEK...CLARA CITY...RAYMOND...AND PRIAM.
 
 
IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES.
STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
 
 
PARKIN
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 28, 8:05 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-290200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
805 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS MOVING THROUGH CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SHOULD PASS OVER THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY BY 9 PM.

PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PARKIN
Special weather statement, May 28, 8:06 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-290200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
805 PM CDT SAT MAY 28 1994

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CHIPPEWA COUNTY...

AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTAINING HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...
GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WAS MOVING THROUGH CHIPPEWA COUNTY
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AND SHOULD PASS OVER THE
EASTERN PORTION OF THE COUNTY BY 9 PM.

\PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY.

PARKIN

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.