Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 36, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 30, 1994, 6:08 PM CDT for Pepin County, Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 67 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 30, 1994, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- May 30, 1994, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 302313 SVRMSP WIC091-093-310015- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 608 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...PEPIN COUNTY...EASTERN PIERCE COUNTY AT 607 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING INTO PEPIN COUNTY AND SOUTHEASTERN PIERCE COUNTY. THE STORM WAS LOCATED OVER NORTHEAST PIERCE COUNTY AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS WILL MOVE THE SEVERE STORM TO THE TOWNS OF ARKANSAW AND DURAND BY 630 PM TO 7 PM. THIS IS A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM THAT PRODUCED A TORNADO WHEN IT MOVED THROUGH WOODVILLE IN SOUTHEASTERN ST CROIX COUNTY AND IS STILL CAPABLE OF PRODUCING MORE TORNADOS. IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A SEVERE STORM...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A BASEMENT. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES DURING A THUNDERSTORM. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER THAT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALL DO PRODUCE A TORNADO. 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
Local storm report, May 30, 3:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 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, 2 hours 34 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, 2 hours 28 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, 2 hours 26 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
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:38 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNZ004>096-310000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 540 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH EASTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTER- NOON. CONDITIONS HAVE STABILIZED OVER NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME SHOWERS...SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY A MINNEAPOLIS...WASECA...LA CRESCENT LINE. THE WATCH CONTINUED TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH TWIN CITES METRO AREA ...RED WING...ROCHESTER AND WINONA. PEOPLE SHdOULD LISTEN TO WEATHER UPDATES ON THE MEDIA OR YOUR WEATHER RADIO. SCOTT
Special weather statement, May 30, 5:40 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MNZ004>096-310000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 540 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994 SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH EASTERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTER- NOON. CONDITIONS HAVE STABILIZED OVER NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME SHOWERS...SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE TORNADO WATCH THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR THIS AREA UNTIL 10 PM HAS BEEN CANCELLED. THE TORNADO WATCH REMAINED IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...ROUGHLY BOUNDED BY A MINNEAPOLIS...WASECA...LA CRESCENT LINE. THE WATCH CONTINUED TO INCLUDE THE SOUTH TWIN CITES METRO AREA ...RED WING...ROCHESTER AND WINONA. PEOPLE SHOULD LISTEN TO WEATHER UPDATES ON THE MEDIA OR YOUR WEATHER RADIO. SCOTT
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, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn | 68 min |
| May 30, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 30 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.