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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 49, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 1994Hennepin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 12:56 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min.

The area

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The facts

Issued
Jun 10, 1994, 12:56 PM CDT (17:56 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Hennepin County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 5.9 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 1994-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 11 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
11 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-131 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1904 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
259 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
281 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

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

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MNC053-123-037-163-101845-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1256 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  145 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHERN DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND SOUTHERN
WASHINGTON COUNTIES.
 
AT 1255 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL IN
BLOOMINGTON.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.
 
PERSONS IN EAGAN...ST. PAUL AND STILLWATER SHOULD SEEK SHELTER
IMMEDIATELY.
 
EDWARDS
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.
 
 
 
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 12:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington49 min
Jun 10, 1:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet33 min
Jun 10, 3:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFillmore, Olmsted41 min
Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWinona30 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.