Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 66, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 19, 1994, 9:41 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 19, 1994, 9:41 PM CDT (02:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 19, 1994, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.7 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 2615 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -4 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1020 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 32 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 105 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.6
- Supercell composite
- 3.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 200241 RRA SVRSTC MNC097-153-200330- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 941 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHERN MORRISON COUNTY...NORTHERN TODD COUNTY AT 940 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR WADENA IN WADENA COUNTY MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST 30 MPH. THESE STORMS WILL AFFECT THE TOWNS OF EAGLE BEND...STAPLES AND BROWERVILLE IN TODD COUNTY AND PILLAGER AND RANDALL IN MORRISON COUNTY. IF OUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. MCBEATH PETERS NNNN
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 19, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MNZ004>009-013>017-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 812 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ....PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH NUMBER 436. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT INTERNATIONAL FALLS TO BEMIDJI..TO JUST NORTH OF THE FARGO NORTH DAKOTA AREA. THE STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN ABOUT THE NORTH THIRD OF THE WATCH AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:12 PM CDT, 1 hour 29 minutes before
MNZ004>009-013>017-200215- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 812 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ....PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED A PORTION OF SEVERE THUNDERTORM WATCH NUMBER 436. THE WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT NORTHWEST OF A LINE FROM ABOUT INTERNATIONAL FALLS TO BEMIDJI..TO JUST NORTH OF THE FARGO NORTH DAKOTA AREA. THE STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUES TO PROGRESS TO THE SOUTHEAST AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NO LONGER EXPECTED IN ABOUT THE NORTH THIRD OF THE WATCH AREA. STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS WILL MOVE INTO PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA BETWEEN 10 PM AND MIDNIGHT. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-200250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 848 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EXTREME WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 835 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EXTREME WESTERN WISCONSIN. IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN LITCHFIELD AND COKATO...AND JUST SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD ST CLOUD...WATKIN...ANNANDALE...AND HUTCHINSON. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM JUST SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...UP TO NEAR BLAIR. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE CITY OF LA CROSSE...AS WELL AS THE TOWNS OF GALESVILLE...NORTH BEND...HOLMAN... AND BLAIR SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS BETWEEN 845 PM AND 930 PM. THE MAIN FEATURE OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO TO BE EXPECTED. THOSE PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:48 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-200250- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 848 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EXTREME WESTERN WISCONSIN... AT 835 PM...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EXTREME WESTERN WISCONSIN. IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...THE HEAVIEST RAINFALL WAS OCCURRING BETWEEN LITCHFIELD AND COKATO...AND JUST SOUTH OF HUTCHINSON. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD ST CLOUD...WATKIN...ANNANDALE...AND HUTCHINSON. IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE JUST EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM JUST SOUTH OF LA CROSSE...UP TO NEAR BLAIR. THEY WERE MOVING TO THE NORTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. THE CITY OF LA CROSSE...AS WELL AS THE TOWNS OF GALESVILLE...NORTH BEND...HOLMAN... AND BLAIR SHOULD BE AFFECTED BY THESE STORMS BETWEEN 845 PM AND 930 PM. THE MAIN FEATURE OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN VERY HEAVY RAINFALL. SOME PONDING OF WATER IN STREETS AND LOW LYING AREAS IS POSSIBLE AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. SMALL HAIL... STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND LIGHTNING ARE ALSO TO BE EXPECTED. THOSE PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER. KRAFT
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 850 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 840 PM THE MEEKER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN LITCHFIELD AND HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN FOREST CITY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. AT 845 PM RADAR INDICATED STORMS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY TO SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM ST CLOUD TO THE TWIN CITIES BY 930 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS. MCBEATH PETERS
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 8:50 PM CDT, 51 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-200300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 850 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 1994 ...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 840 PM THE MEEKER COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL IN LITCHFIELD AND HEAVY RAIN AND WIND GUSTS TO 30 MPH IN FOREST CITY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD. AT 845 PM RADAR INDICATED STORMS LOCATED FROM SOUTHEASTERN STEARNS COUNTY TO SOUTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEST AT 15 MPH AND SHOULD BE LOCATED FROM ST CLOUD TO THE TWIN CITIES BY 930 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN...WIND GUSTS TO 50 MPH...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND SMALL HAIL. DUE TO THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THESE STORMS...PEOPLE SHOULD WATCH OUT FOR POSSIBLE FLOODING OF LOW LYING AREAS AND PONDING ON ROADWAYS. MCBEATH PETERS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 20, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 46 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.