Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 47, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 5, 1994, 12:34 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Brown County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 5, 1994, 12:34 AM CDT (05:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 5, 1994, 1:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 5.6 hours before the alert went out and 93 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 KRST 050537 RRA SVRRST MNC013-015-103-050630- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1234 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 130 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...BLUE EARTH COUNTY...BROWN COUNTY...NICOLLET COUNTY THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF NEW ULM...NICOLLET...MANKATO...AND LAKE CRYSTAL. AT 1225AM CDT RADAR INDICATED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM. THE STORMS SHOULD REACH THE TOWNS OF NICOLLET...MANKATO...AND LAKE CRYSTAL BY 1AM CDT. EXPECT LARGE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THESE STORMS. STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS. GO TO YOUR BASEMENT OR AN INTERIOR ROOM IMMEDIATELY. 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. &
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, Jun 4, 10:35 PM CDT, 1 hour 59 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-050430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1036 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE TWIN CITIES AREA... AT 1035 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE...APPROACHING THE TWIN CITIES AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ANOKA...TO MOUND AND NEAR JORDAN...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE TWIN CITIES AREA FROM 1035 PM THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM THESE STORMS...BUT THEY HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS THE 7 COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 10:36 PM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-050430- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1036 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE TWIN CITIES AREA... AT 1035 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...ABOUT 20 MILES WIDE...APPROACHING THE TWIN CITIES AREA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR ANOKA...TO MOUND AND NEAR JORDAN...ABOUT 20 MILES NORTH AND WEST OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL SPREAD OVER THE TWIN CITIES AREA FROM 1035 PM THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE MINNEAPOLIS OFFICE OF THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FROM THESE STORMS...BUT THEY HAVE PRODUCED HEAVY DOWNPOURS...DEADLY LIGHTNING...BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND SOME SMALL HAIL. PERSONS ACROSS THE 7 COUNTY METROPOLITAN AREA SHOULD MOVE INDOORS AND STAY AWAY FROM ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES WHEN THESE STORMS APPROACH YOUR AREA. DWE z-WALWORTH-WASHINGTON-WAU mQ`WWUSP <94 .TON8_SWWUSF dbWWIN e6WWUS lL66WWUS 0jI WUUS XWOUSh2 K`WWUS s66WWUS @"6WWUS
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 21 minutes before
MNZ046>096-050515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1113 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... AT 1115 PM...RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MINNESOTA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CANBY...TYLER AND NEAR CLARKFIELD MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE AND DEVELOP EAST TOWARD WESTERN PORTIONS OF RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA AREAS BETWEEN 1115 PM AND MIDNIGHT. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREAS OF MONTICELLO AND MAPLE LAKE THROUGH 1130 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADALY LIGHTNING. FINALLY...THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF DECREASING IN INTENSITY SINCE 11 PM...BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONE INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 4, 11:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 20 minutes before
MNZ046>096-050515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1113 PM CDT SAT JUN 4 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... AT 1115 PM...RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLACROSS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF MINNESOTA. A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CANBY...TYLER AND NEAR CLARKFIELD MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS WERE BEGINNING TO MOVE AND DEVELOP EAST TOWARD WESTERN PORTIONS OF RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTY. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE REDWOOD FALLS AND OLIVIA AREAS BETWEEN 1115 PM AND MIDNIGHT. OTHER STRONG STORMS WERE NOTED ACROSS CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MOVING INTO EXTREME NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SLOWLY EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE AREAS OF MONTICELLO AND MAPLE LAKE THROUGH 1130 PM. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL...GUSTY WINDS AND DEADALY LIGHTNING. FINALLY...THE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA HAVE SHOWN SIGNS OF DECREASING IN INTENSITY SINCE 11 PM...BUT COULD STILL PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DEADLY LIGHTNING. PERSONS OVE\R SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND TELEVISION STATIONS FOR THE LATEST WEATHER INFORMATION. MONE INDOORS WHEN THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:17 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ065-066-067-073-050615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1217 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1215 AM FOR WESTERN RENVILLE AND WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY... AT 1215 AM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS INDICATED NEAR OLIVIA IN RENVILLE COUNTY AND WABASSO AND REDWOOD FALLS IN REDWOOD COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS...HOWEVER FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STIKES HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN RENVILLE COUNTY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE ALSO INDICATED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE REDWOOD AND REVILLE COUNTY AREAS BY 1 AM. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 5, 12:17 AM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNZ065-066-067-073-050615- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1217 AM CDT SUN JUN 5 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING ALLOWED TO EXPIRE AT 1215 AM FOR WESTERN RENVILLE AND WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY... AT 1215 AM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH RENVILLE AND REDWOOD COUNTY. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS INDICATED NEAR OLIVIA IN RENVILLE COUNTY AND WABASSO AND REDWOOD FALLS IN REDWOOD COUNTY. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS...HOWEVER FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STIKES HAVE CAUSED NUMEROUS POWER OUTAGES IN RENVILLE COUNTY. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WERE ALSO INDICATED. SMALL HAIL IS ALSO A POSSIBILITY WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORMS SHOULD EXIT THE REDWOOD AND REVILLE COUNTY AREAS BY 1 AM. DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 4, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 46 min |
| 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 |
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.