Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 61, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 14, 1994, 11:19 PM CDT for Benton County, Sherburne County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 14, 1994, 11:19 PM CDT (04:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 15, 1994, 12:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 56 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Benton County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 4.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 150421 RRA SVRSTC MNC009-141-145-150515- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN 1119 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...BENTON COUNTY...SHERBURNE COUNTY...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 1117 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM ALBANY TO COLD SPRING. THIS LINE OF SEVERE STORMS IS ABOUT 15 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD AND IS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ST WENDEL...SAUK RAPIDS... FOLEY...ST CLOUD...AND CLEAR LAKE. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION... BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE THE PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. DRB
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 14, 10:33 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-150415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1030PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM OVER MILLE LACS LAKE... AT 1030 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MILLE LACS LAKE. THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE ON THE LAKE OR OUTDOORS SEEK SHELTER. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:33 PM CDT, 46 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-150415- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1030PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994 ...THUNDERSTORM OVER MILLE LACS LAKE... AT 1030 PM A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF MILLE LACS LAKE. THIS STORM HAS THE CAPABILITY OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING...AND SMALL HAIL. PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ADVERSE WEATHER CONDITIONS. IF YOU ARE ON THE LAKE OR OUTDOORS SEEK SHELTER. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:54 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023>028-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1054 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1050 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM OVER MARSHALL AND MONTEVIDEO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO DULUTH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH 3 AM. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT OVER THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 2 AM. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR YOUR AREA. KAVINSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 14, 10:55 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023>028-150600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1054 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994 ...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINING IN SOUTHWEST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1050 PM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM OVER MARSHALL AND MONTEVIDEO...OR ABOUT 20 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS TO DULUTH. THE LEADING EDGE OF THE STORMS WAS ABOUT 60 MILES TO THE NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH AND WILL CONTINUE TO AFFECT MUCH OF SOUTHWEST THROUGH NORTHEAST MINNESOTA THROUGH 3 AM. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING AND HEAVY RAINFALL ARE LIKELY WITH SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE STILL POSSIBLE DURING THE NIGHT OVER THE REST OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 2 AM. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SITUATION. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO AND COMMERCIAL RADIO AND TELEVISION FOR THE LATEST FORECASTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FOR YOUR AREA. KAVINSKY
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:12 PM CDT, 7 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1115 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994 TIME EVENT LOCATION 903 PM TREES DOWN NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY & CLEARWATER
Local storm report, Jun 14, 11:15 PM CDT, 4 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1115 PM CDT TUE JUN 14 1994
TIME EVENT LOCATION
903 PM TREES DOWN NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY
CLEARWATERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 14, 8:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 45 min |
| Jun 14, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 51 min |
| Jun 14, 8:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 49 min |
| Jun 14, 9:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Jun 14, 9:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| Jun 14, 9:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti | 35 min |
| Jun 14, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 57 min |
| Jun 14, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 51 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.