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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 1994Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT (01:30 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1994, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Meeker County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.5 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-15Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 4090 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 1994-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 106 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
4090 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-8 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1595 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
38 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
146 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.9
Supercell composite
13.9

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 150130 RRA
SVRSTC
MNC093-150215-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
830 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  915 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...MEEKER COUNTY
 
AT 820 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE STORM IS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE STORM INCLUDE LITCHFIELD...CEDAR
MILLS...DARWIN...AND FOREST CITY.
 
 
IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING.  DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES.
STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.  DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES.
 
 
PARKIN
NNNN

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright51 min
Jun 14, 8:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne49 min
Jun 14, 9:04 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Yellow Medicine56 min
Jun 14, 9:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMille Lacs34 min
Jun 14, 9:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXIsanti35 min
Jun 14, 9:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSwift57 min
Jun 14, 9:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville51 min
Jun 14, 11:19 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns56 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.