Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 4, 1994, 9:59 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 4, 1994, 9:59 PM CDT (02:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 4, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Le Sueur County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 3.0 hours before the alert went out and 54 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
- 2290 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 168 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 050304 RRA
SVRRST
MNC079-050345-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA
ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN
959 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...NORTHERN LESUEUR COUNTY
AT 10 PM...RADAR INDCIATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LE SUEUR ALONG THE
MINNESOTA RIVER...ABOUT 55 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. CITIES IN THE
PATH OF THE STORM ARE...LE SUERE...LEXINGTON AND MONTGOMERY. THE STORMS
WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN THE WARNED AREA CAN EXPECT LARGE HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR PROTECTION
MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD GO
TO A STORM SHELTER.
DWhat 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, Jun 4, 8:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-050245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 844 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... AT 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE APPROACHING THE EXTREME WESTERN EDGE OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARK RAPIDS TO ST CLOUD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES AREA AT WACONIA TO WATERVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GLENCOE...ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND NEAR COKATO...ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING OR GOLFING SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 930 PM...THEY SHOULD BE APPROACHING FOLEY...MONTICELLO...AND THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA OF THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 8:45 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-050245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 844 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING TWIN CITIES METRO AREA... AT 830 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE APPROACHING THE EXTREME WESTERN EDGE OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS LINE OF RAINSHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR PARK RAPIDS TO ST CLOUD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE WESTERN EDGE OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES AREA AT WACONIA TO WATERVILLE. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE NEAR GLENCOE...ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND NEAR COKATO...ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING OR GOLFING SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. BY 930 PM...THEY SHOULD BE APPROACHING FOLEY...MONTICELLO...AND THE LAKE MINNETONKA AREA OF THE WESTERN SUBURBS OF THE TWIN CITIES. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:29 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNZ042>043-046-048>051-054>058-064-050330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 930 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTIES. THE STORM IN MORRISON COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INTO LITTLE FALLS BY 10 PM...WHILE THE STORM IN STEARNS COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY BY 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER dCONDITIONS. STAY INDOORS AND DONT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS NECESSARY. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:30 PM CDT, 29 minutes before
MNZ042>043-046-048>051-054>058-064-050330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 930 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO MOVE ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS AND WEST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTIES. THE STORM IN MORRISON COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INTO LITTLE FALLS BY 10 PM...WHILE THE STORM IN STEARNS COUNTY SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY BY 10 PM. THESE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF HEAVY RAIN...STRONG WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. STAY INDOORS AND DONT USE THE TELEPHONE UNLESS NECESSARY. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:44 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-050345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 944 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 930 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED BY THE SIBLEY COUNTY SHERRIFF AT GAYLORD AROUND 925 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF ST CLOUD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WAS MAINLY LOCATED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO CAMBRIDGE TO ST PAUL TO OWATONNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 9:45 PM CDT, 14 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-050345- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 944 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AT 930 PM. VERY HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE REPORTED BY THE SIBLEY COUNTY SHERRIFF AT GAYLORD AROUND 925 PM. ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS JUST SOUTH OF ST CLOUD IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGER AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WHICH WAS MAINLY LOCATED TO THE WEST OF A LINE FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO CAMBRIDGE TO ST PAUL TO OWATONNA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MAY EXPECT STRONG GUSTY WINDS... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KRAFT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 37 min |
| Jun 4, 10:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 44 min |
| Jun 4, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 4, 11:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 49 min |
| Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Olmsted, Wabasha | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 12:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge | 34 min |
| Jun 5, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 56 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.