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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 24, 1994Fillmore County, Mower County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Apr 24, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 24, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)
Expired
Apr 24, 1994, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Mower County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 1994-04-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1686 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
140 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.0

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 242249 RRA
SVRRST
MNC045-099-242315-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
545 PM CDT SUN APR 24 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN FILLMORE COUNTY...MOWER COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF GRAND MEADOW...LE ROY...OSTRANDER
...AND SPRING VALLEY.
 
AT 645PM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
AUSTIN NEAR TAOPI...AND 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF AUSTIN NEAR ROSE CREEK.
 
THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD  GRAND
MEADOW...LE ROY...OSTRANDER...AND SPRING VALLEY.
 
 
PEOPLE IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IN A STRONG
BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE.  STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS.
MOTORISTS SHfOULD GET OFF THE ROAD AND FIND A SAFE SHELTER.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 24, 5:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMower30 min
Apr 24, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn33 min
Apr 24, 6:14 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Wright46 min
Apr 24, 6:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Mower31 min

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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.