Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 35, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 68 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 68 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Dunn County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1954 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 197 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 262 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 302222 SVRMSP WIC033-302330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 522 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 630 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...DUNN COUNTY AT 520 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO DUNN COUNTY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WAS NOW MOVING INTO CONNORSVILLE...BOYCEVILLE AND WESTON. PEOPLE IN WHEELER AND MENOMONIE SHOULD ALSO PLAN TO TAKE SHELTER AROUND 545 PM TO 615 PM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA UNTIL 10 PM* TONIGHT. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT. JHM/DRB
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 30, 2:50 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before
MNZ004>096-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 250 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES... ...TORNADO WATCH VALID FOR THE TWIN CITES AREA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A POWERFUL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF MILLE LACS SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MONTICELLO IS SHOWING SIGNS OF RAPIDLY FILLING IN TO THE WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THIS LINE...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND 235 PM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF PRINCETON MINNESOTA. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD PLAN AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET TO SHORE ONCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE WESTERN METRO AREA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BRING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES INTO THE WESTERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 PM TODAY. WET
Special weather statement, May 30, 2:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
MNZ004>096-302300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 250 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES... ...TORNADO WATCH VALID FOR THE TWIN CITES AREA UNTIL 10 PM CDT... A POWERFUL LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS FROM NORTHEAST OF MILLE LACS SOUTHWARD TO NEAR MONTICELLO IS SHOWING SIGNS OF RAPIDLY FILLING IN TO THE WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. TOWARDS THE SOUTH END OF THIS LINE...MARBLE SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AROUND 235 PM ABOUT 5 MILES WEST OF PRINCETON MINNESOTA. BOATERS ON AREA LAKES SHOULD PLAN AHEAD AND BE ABLE TO QUICKLY GET TO SHORE ONCE THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE INTO THE WESTERN METRO AREA. THIS LINE O6F THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY BRING WIND GUSTS IN EXCESS OF 50 MPH ...HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES INTO THE WESTERN TWIN CITES METRO AREA SOMETIME BETWEEN 4 PM AND 5 PM TODAY. WET
Local storm report, May 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
315 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
TIME EVENTY
300 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR BIG LAKE MN...SHERBURNE COUNTY
WALL CLOUD NEAR BECKER IN SHERBURNE COUNTY.
300 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PRINCETON IN MILLE LACS COUNTY.
FRASERLocal storm report, May 30, 3:34 PM CDT, 1 hour 48 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
315 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
TIME EVENTY
300 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR BIG LAKE MN...SHERBURNE COUNTY
WALL CLOUD N>EAR BECKER IN SHERBURNE COUNTY.
300 PM CDT DIME SIZE HAIL NEAR PRINCETON IN MILLE LACS COUNTY.
FRASERSpecial weather statement, May 30, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
MNZ042>043-046-048>051-054>058-064-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 340 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST. THE STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR BIG LAKE AND A WALL CLOUD NEAR BECKER. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAIN IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDTIONS. PARKIN
Special weather statement, May 30, 3:42 PM CDT, 1 hour 40 minutes before
MNZ042>043-046-048>051-054>058-064-302130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 340 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE COUNTY CANCELLED... THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM THAT MOVED THROUGH SOUTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY HAS MOVED EAST. THE STORM PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR BIG LAKE AND A WALL CLOUD NEAR BECKER. PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAjIN IN A TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 10 PM. PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA SHOULD CONTINUE TO BE AWARE OF POSSIBLE ADVERSE WEATHER CONDTIONS. PARKIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 3:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Polk | 44 min |
| May 30, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 54 min |
| May 30, 4:27 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 48 min |
| May 30, 5:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 36 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 30 min |
| May 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 67 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.