Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 5:03 PM CDT for Martin County, Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1994, 5:03 PM CDT (22:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Martin County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 138 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
- 646 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -116 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 538 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 33 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 101 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.6
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRST 172208 RRA SVRRST MNC091-165-172300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 503 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN MARTIN COUNTY...WATONWAN COUNTY AT 505 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR TRIMONT...WHICH IS 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF FAIRMONT. IT WAS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES AND TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...TRUMAN... NORTHROP...SOUTH BRANCH. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OXHAIL 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. 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 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 325 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AS OF 315 PM MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WERE NOW OCCURING IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 230 PM YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 2+ INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR SOUTHWEST OF CANBY. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY AND ALL OF MEEKER COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF REDEVELOPING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 3:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-172130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 325 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OUT OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AS OF 315 PM MOST OF THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED OUT OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WERE NOW OCCURING IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 230 PM YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED 2+ INCHES OF RAIN IN JUST UNDER AN HOUR SOUTHWEST OF CANBY. A FEW LIGHT SHOWERS CONTINUED IN SOUTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTY AND ALL OF MEEKER COUNTY. THESE SHOWERS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH. PERSONS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD STILL BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY OF REDEVELOPING SHOWERS OR THUNDERSTORMS THIS EVENING AND LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:38 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
MNC037-085-139-143-WIC035-093-107-109-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 438 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 430PM IT EXTENDED FROM THE DURAND AREA OF PEPIN COUNTY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN TO NEAR ZUMBROTA IN GOODHUE COUNTY...THEN SOUTHWEST TO AROUND FAIRMONT AND WINDOM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING. HAIL AND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND ARE GAINING STRENGTH ...ESPECIALLY IN THE WINDOM AND SLEEPY EYE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND IN THE ZUMBROTA/KENYON AREA WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER. PAULSON JBL~66GON 30 JUN 17 1994 ONIGHT...PARTLY WWUS V6WWUS$ \MAINLY MOUNTAILOWS 35 TO 45. W$WWUS @ WUUS l I`WWUS WUUS e&WWUS S MID AND UPPER S6WWUS PH. .SATURDAY 6WWUS>B 0'S. .SUNDAY..qWWUS8 8TO 75. $$ 6WWUS |UMBIA BASIN 30 WUUS i`WWUS .ISOLATED TH( R 50. WE-6WWUSN ?6WWUS ( WUUS ,q`WWUSv #6WWUSb 76WWUS 86WWUS ?6WWUS >6WWUS T0XWSUSN <7q4WSUSTF %x WUUSh 70'S. $$ORZ011-180440-7-WWUS <5X WUUST ,3U^WSUSV 8p6WWUS h&WWCN 0&V6WWUS . NORTHWEST WINDMPH.
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:41 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNC037-085-139-143-WIC035-093-107-109-172245- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 438 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN... A LINE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AT 430PM IT EXTENDED FROM THE DURAND AREA OF PEPIN COUNTY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN TO NEAR ZUMBROTA IN GOODHUE COUNTY...THEN SOUTHWEST TO AROUND FAIRMONT AND WINDOM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING TORRENTIAL RAINFALL AND SOME FLOODING. HAIL AND GUSTS TO 40 TO 50 MPH ARE ALSO POSSIBLE. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING EAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH...AND ARE GAINING STRENGTH ...ESPECIALLY IN THE WITNDOM AND SLEEPY EYE AREA OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND IN THE ZUMBROTA/KENYON AREA WHICH IS ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ROCHESTER. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:52 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ038-045-052-053-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME REF.. NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 452 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES IN EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 438 AS OF 445 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. KANABEC...PINE...CHISAGO... AND ISANTI. WET
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 4:52 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ038-045-052-053-172300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 452 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES IN EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 438 AS OF 445 PM CST THIS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. KANABEC...PINE...CHISAGO... AND ISANTI. WET
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 34 min |
| Jun 17, 5:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Steele | 60 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.