Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 10, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT for Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 10, 1994, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 1994, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Winona County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 174 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 102033 RRA SVRRST MNC169-102100- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 330 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...WESTERN WINONA COUNTY NUMEROUS REPORTS OF HIGH WINDS HAVE OCCURRED IN EASTERN OLMSTED COUNTY NEAR EYOTA AND DOVER DUE TO THE LEADING EDGE OF A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM. HIGHS ESTIMATED OF 50 TO 60 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED IN HIGH FOREST IN SOUTHERN OLMSTED COUNTY. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ST. CHARLES...UTICA...LEWISTON. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH...MAKE THIS A VERY DANGEROUS STORM. GET READY FOR DAMAGING WINDS. HOUSES COULD BE BADLY DAMAGED... SO HEAD FOR THE BASEMENT. MOBILE HOMES COULD BE OVERTURNED. PEOPLE IN MOBILE HOMES SHOULD FLEE TO A STORM SHELTER. TESKE &
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, 12:54 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 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, 2 hours 35 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, 2:35 PM CDT, 55 minutes before
MNZ058>096-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 235 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 230 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BALSAM LAKE...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS TO NEAR RED WING MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NEW SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO FORM TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THESE STORMS COULD INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700PM CDT FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 2:43 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
MNZ058>096-102030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 235 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 AT 230 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE STORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR BALSAM LAKE...50 MILES NORTHEAST OF MINNEAPOLIS TO NEAR RED WING MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. NEW SHOWERS WERE BEGINNING TO FORM TO THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THESE STORMS COULD INTENSIFY DURING THE NEXT HOUR. REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 700PM CDT FOR PART OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH MEANS CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN AND CLOSE TO THE WATCH AREA. EDWARDS
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:00 PM CDT, 30 minutes before
MNZ063-0070-076>079-083>088-091>096-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND DAKOTA COUNTIES IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHFIELD TO ALBERT LEA. THOSE COUNTIES STILL INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 UNTIL 7 PM INCLUDE... GOODHUE WABASHA STEELE DODGE OLMSTED WINONA FREEBORN MOWER FILLMORE HOUSTON.
Special weather statement, Jun 10, 3:02 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MNZ063-0070-076>079-083>088-091>096-102100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 300 PM CDT FRI JUN 10 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 CANCELLED FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND DAKOTA COUNTIES IN THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA. THE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM NORTHFIELD TO ALBERT LEA. THOSE COUNTIES STILL INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 382 UNTIL 7 PM INCLUDE... GOODHUE WABASHA STEELE DODGE OLMSTED WINONA FREEBORN MOWER FILLMORE HOUSTON.
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, 1:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 33 min |
| Jun 10, 3:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Olmsted | 41 min |
Nearby
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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.