Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 50, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 1:12 PM CDT for Blue Earth County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 1:12 PM CDT (18:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Nicollet County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRST 101815 RRA SVRRST MNC013-103-101900- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 112 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 200 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...BLUE EARTH COUNTY...SOUTHERN NICOLLET COUNTY AT 110 PM...A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS IN SOUTHERN NICOLLET AND NORTHERN BLUE EARTH COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING IN THE CITY OF MANKATO. EXPECT THE TOWNS OF GOOD THUNDER AND ST. CLAIR TO SEE THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BY 13OPM. JT &
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 10, 11:15 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-101715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1112 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 1100 AM RADAR INDICATED STORNG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOVING EAST..NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF WINTHROP..GAYLORD..ARLINGTON..AND GLENCOE..IN SIBLEY AND CARVER COUNTIES THROUGH 1200 PM. SOME HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION..THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES SUBURBS..INCLUDING CARVER...SCOTT AND WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTIES BY 1230 OR 1 PM. JPR (
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 11:19 AM CDT, 1 hour 53 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-101715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION FOR SPELLING FIRST SENTENCE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1112 AM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 1100 AM RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY OR ABOUT 25 MILES EAST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE NOVING EAST..NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL AFFECT THE CITIES OF WINTHROP..GAYLORD..ARLINGTON..AND GLENCOE..IN SIBLEY AND CARVER COUNTIES THROUGH 1200 PM. SOME HAIL..GUSTY WINDS AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS. IN ADDITION..THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY BEGIN TO AFFECT SOUTHWEST PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES SUBURBS..INCLUDING CARVER...SCOTT AND WESTERN HENNEPIN COUN4TIES BY 1230 OR 1 PM. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:22 PM CDT, 50 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-101715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1222 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 1218 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BELLE PLAINE WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING JORDAN IN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 1225 AND 130 PM CDT. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:23 PM CDT, 49 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-101715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1222 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 1218 PM PEA SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT BELLE PLAINE WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM APPROACHING JORDAN IN SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS STORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE HAIL UP TO A HALF INCH IN DIAMETER ALONG WITH BRIEF HEAVY RA`IN. PERSONS IN THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES CAN EXPECT THIS THUNDERSTORM TO MOVE THROUGH BETWEEN 1225 AND 130 PM CDT. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:54 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-060-061-101835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION CHANGED TIME TO 1251 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1254 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 1251 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE STRONG WIND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS TO IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE METRO AREA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH BETWEEN 1255 PM AND 130 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 12:55 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
MNC019-053-139-143-060-061-101835- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION CHANGED TIME TO 1251 PM NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1254 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 1251 PM WINDS GUSTED TO 50 MILES AN HOUR AT THE MINNEAPOLIS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. THE THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING THE STRONG WIND WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS TO IN THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SECTIONS OF THE METRO AREA CAN EXPECT STRONG WINDS...BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AND PERHAPS SOME SMALL HAIL AS THE STORM MOVES THROUGH BETWEEN 1255 PM AND 130 PM CDT. ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 12:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 49 min |
| Jun 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 41 min |
| Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 30 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.