Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 17, 1994, 7:32 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Mower County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 17, 1994, 7:32 PM CDT (00:32 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 58 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Mower County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.5 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
- 423 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -157 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 627 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 37 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 57 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 93 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KRST 180036 RRA SVRRST MNC047-099-180130- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 732 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...FREEBORN COUNTY IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA ...WESTERN MOWER COUNTY AT 720 PM MINNEAPOLIS RADAR INDICATED NUMEROUS SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED AROUND THE ALBERT LEA AREA. FREEBORN COUNTY SHERIFFS REPORTS WINDS FROM 60 TO 70 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL BE HEADING INTO THE AUSTIN AND GLENVILLE AREAS BY 745 PM. 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. TEAL &
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, 6:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MNZ059>063-180030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES IN EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AS OF 625 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. WRIGHT...ANOKA...RAMSEY...WASHINGTON AND HENNIPEN. WET
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:27 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
MNZ059>063-180030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 625 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES IN EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA ARE NO LONGER INCLUDED IN A SEVE RE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AS OF 625 PM CDT THIS FRIDAY EVENING. WRIGHT...ANOKA...RAMSEY...WASHINGTON AND HENNIPEN. WET
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:45 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
MNC003-019-037-053-123-127-129-139-WIC005-017-033-035-091-093-095- 180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 645 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY CRAWL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... A CLUSTER OF TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ACROSS WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE VICINTY OF DURAND AND MONDOVI AT 530PM. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL AROUND 8PM FOR EASTERN PEPIN..SOUTHWEST EAU CLARIE AND NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTIES. THIS IS GENERALY EAST OF DURAND AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE AND THEN ACROSS THE MONDOVI AREA OF BUFFALO COUNTY. FLOODING IS VERY POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL AROUND 8PM. A LINE OF OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR ALMA, WHICH IS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER TO JUST SOUTH OF OWATONA TO AROUND FAIRMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF MINNESOTA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE CITY TO AROUND REDWOOD FALLS. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 6:45 PM CDT, 47 minutes before
MNC003-019-037-053-123-127-129-139-WIC005-017-033-035-091-093-095- 180045- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 645 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO SLOWLY CRAWL ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN... A CLUSTER OF TORRENTIAL RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ACROSS WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE VICINTY OF DURAND AND MONDOVI AT 530PM. AN URBAN AND SMALL STREAM FLOOD ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL AROUND 8PM FOR EASTERN PEPIN..SOUTHWEST EAU CLARIE AND NORTHERN BUFFALO COUNTIES. THIS IS GENERALY EAST OF DURAND AND JUST SOUTHWEST OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE AND THEN ACROSS THE MONDOVI AREA OF BUFFALO COUNTY. FLOODING IS VERY POSSIBLE ACROSS THIS AREA UNTIL AROUND 8PM. A LINE OF OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS STRETCHED ACROSS SOUTHEAST AND SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM NEAR ALMA, WHICH IS 35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ROCHESTER TO JUST SOUTH OF OWATONA TO AROUND FAIRMONT. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AROUND 10 MPH. SHOWERS AND SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS MUCH OF THE SOUTHEAST THIRD OF MINNESOTA SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PINE CITY TO AROUND REDWOOD FALLS. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:10 PM CDT, 22 minutes before
MNZ053>096-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 428 EXPIRED AT 7PM. THIS WATCH INCLUDED MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONLY THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 430...FAIRBAULT..MARTIN..BLUE EARTH..AND WASECA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS UNTIL AROUND 830PM IN THESE COUNTIES. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 830PM ACROSS FREEBORN AND MOWER COUNTIES NEAR ALBERT LEA AND AUSTIN. PAULSON
Special weather statement, Jun 17, 7:14 PM CDT, 18 minutes before
MNZ053>096-180200- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 710 PM CDT FRI JUN 17 1994 ...ONLY A SMALL PORTION OF SOUTHCENTRAL MINNESOTA REMAINS UNDER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 428 EXPIRED AT 7PM. THIS WATCH INCLUDED MUCH OF EASTCENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN. ONLY THE FOLLOWING MINNESOTA COUNTIES REMAIN IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 430...FAIRBAULT..MARTIN..BLUE EARTH..AND WASECA. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS REMAINS UNTIL AROUND 830PM IN THESE COUNTIES. VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE UNTIL AROUND 830PM ACROSS FREEBORN AND MOWER COUNTIES NEAR ALBERT LEA AND AUSTIN. PAULSON N
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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.