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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 54, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 1994Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1994, 8:54 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 1994, 8:54 PM CDT (01:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 1994, 9:45 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Wright County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 1.9 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 
WUUS1 KMSP 150156
SVRMPX
MNC171-150245-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
854 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  945 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY
 
AT 850 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ENTERING
NORTHWEST WRIGHT COUNTY NEAR ANNANDALE MINNESOTA ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THE STORM IS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH
WHICH WOULD CARRY IT ACROSS HASTY MINNESOTA SHORTLY AFTER 9 PM.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE
OR NO WARNING.  STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE
QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT.
 
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.
 WET

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker45 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

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.