Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 67, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 20, 1994, 1:44 PM CDT for Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 20, 1994, 1:44 PM CDT (18:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 20, 1994, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Redwood County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KHON), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 255 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
- 2188 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -270 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 939 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 14 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -14 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KMSP 201845 SVRMSP MNC127-201930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 144 PM CDT MON JUN 20 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 230 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ...SOUTHEAST REDWOOD COUNTY AT 144 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN REDWOOD COUNTY. THE SEVERE STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTH OF WALNUT GROVE...WHICH IS ABOUT 15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THE STORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE STORM ARE REVERE AND LAMBERTON. THIS STORM IS MOVING ALONG HIGHWAY 14. 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. 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 20, 8:43 AM CDT, 5 hours 1 minute before
WIZ014>016-023>028-201445- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 842 AM CDT MON JUN 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 840 AM...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM NEAR CLEAR LAKE WISCONSIN...THROUGH BALDWIN TO NEAR RED WING MINNESOTA. THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING NUMEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES...GUSTY WINDS TO OVER 40 MILES AN HOUR...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS. RESIDENTS IN WHEELER...MENOMONIE AND DURAND CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO MOVE INTO THEIR AREA BY AROUND 915 THIS MORNING. PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFETY MEASURES AS THESEN STORMS MOVE THROUGH THE AREA. LUSSKY
Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:44 AM CDT, 5 hours before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
845 AM CDT MON JUN 20 1994
REPORTS FOR JUNE 19-20
1100 PM PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS GUSTS
TO 40 MPH REPORTED IN MORRISON COUNTY
1149 PM WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH BLEW DOWN LARGE TREES
IN ELK RIVER IN SHERBURNE COUNTY
1215 AM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN PIERZ IN MORRISON COUNTY.
ONE TREE HIT A MOVING CAR...NO ONE INJURED.
1232 AM LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED A BARN FIRE NEAR STAPLES
IN TODD COUNTY.
225 AM POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREE NEAR
COUNTY ROADS 48 AND ^23 IN MORRISON COUNTY.
530 AM LIGHTNING CAUSED A HOUSE FIRE IN LITTLE FALLS
IN MORRISON COUNTY.Local storm report, Jun 20, 8:45 AM CDT, 4 hours 59 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
845 AM CDT MON JUN 20 1994
REPORTS FOR JUNE 19-20
1100 PM PEA SIZE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND WINDS GUSTS
TO 40 MPH REPORTED IN MORRISON COUNTY
1149 PM WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH BLEW DOWN LARGE TREES
IN ELK RIVER IN SHERBURNE COUNTY
1215 AM SEVERAL TREES DOWN IN PIERZ IN MORRISON COUNTY.
ONE TREE HIT A MOVING CAR...NO ONE INJURED.
1232 AM LIGHTNING STRIKE CAUSED A BARN FIRE NEAR STAPLES
IN TODD COUNTY.
225 AM POWER LINES KNOCKED DOWN BY FALLING TREE NEAR
COUNTY ROADS 48 AND 23 IN MORRISON COUNTY.
530 AM LIGHTNING CAUSED A HOUSE FIRE IN LITTLE FALLS
IN MORRISON COUNTY.Special weather statement, Jun 20, 12:48 PM CDT, 56 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-201830- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1245 AM CDT MON JUN 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO WEST-CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1240 RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN YELLOW MEDICINE AND LINCOLN COUNTIES OF WESTERN MINNESOTA. HEAVY RAIN WAS REPORTED IN CANBY...55 MILES NORTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH AND ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. BY 230 PM THESE STRONG STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO OR NEAR THE CITIES OF PORTER...ST LEO AND HANLEY FALLS OF YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY. PERSpONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:01 PM CDT, 43 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-201905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 101 PM CDT MON JUN 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM GRANITE FALLS TO THE REDWOOD FALLS AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY SHOULD EXTEND FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM BY 130 PM. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR MONTEVIDEO DOWN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR ALBERT LEA AND AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SES
Special weather statement, Jun 20, 1:03 PM CDT, 41 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023-028-201905- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 101 PM CDT MON JUN 20 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA... THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY TO VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE LOCATED OVER SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER FROM GRANITE FALLS TO THE REDWOOD FALLS AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY SHOULD EXTEND FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW ULM BY 130 PM. PERSONS IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA ALONG AND NEAR THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS. THE HEAVY RAINS COULD CAUSE SOME LOCALIZED FLOODING OF STREETS AND RISES IN AREA STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS BAND OF THUNDERSTORMS WAS PART OF A LARGE AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS THAT EXTENDED FROM SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR MONTEVIDEO DOWN INTO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR ALBERT LEA AND AUSTIN. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. SES
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 19, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 49 min |
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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.