Alert archive / Wisconsin / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 72, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT for Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT (21:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 5:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 9.8 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 434 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -107 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 27 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 83 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 92 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.5
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KMSP 252146 SVRMPX WIC095-109-252245- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 445 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 545 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ...SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY AT 445 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR NEW RICHMOND IN EXTREME NORTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY OR 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE LITTLE FALLS..NEW RICHMOND..AND BALDWIN. 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. JPR
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 25, 3:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023>028-252140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 337 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH REAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 335 PM...RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NEAR THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA...NEAR THE TOWNS OF RUSH CITY AND HARRIS. AT 320 PM...THE CHISAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING IN THE RUSH CITY AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE HARRIS AND NORTH BRANCH AREAS IN CHISAGO COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM...AND WILL BE NEARING THE COMMUNITIES OF CUSHING...LUCK AND MILLTOWN IN POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN...BETWEEN 4 PM AND 445 PM. WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. H DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:38 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023>028-252140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 337 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH REAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 335 PM...RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NEAR THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA...NEAR THE TOWNS OF RUSH CITY AND HARRIS. AT 320 PM...THE CHISAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING IN THE RUSH CITY AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE HARRIS AND NORTH BRANCH AREAS IN CHISAGO COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM...AND WILL BE NEARING THE COMMUNITIES OF CUSHING...LUCK AND MILLTOWN IN POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN...BETWEEN 4 PM AND 445 PM. WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. H DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023>028-252140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 339 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 335 PM...RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NEAR THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA...NEAR THE TOWNS OF RUSH CITY AND HARRIS. AT 320 PM...THE CHISAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING IN THE RUSH CITY AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE HARRIS AND NORTH BRANCH AREAS IN CHISAGO COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM...AND WILL BE NEARING THE COMMUNITIES OF CUSHING...LUCK AND MILLTOWN IN POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN...BETWEEN 4 PM AND 445 PM. WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. H DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 3:39 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059>063-065>070-073-WIZ014>016-023>028-252140- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 339 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN... AT 335 PM...RADAR WAS INDICATING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ALONG AND NEAR THE ST CROIX RIVER VALLEY. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED ABOUT 35 MILES NORTH NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA...NEAR THE TOWNS OF RUSH CITY AND HARRIS. AT 320 PM...THE CHISAGO COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED PEA SIZE HAIL FALLING IN THE RUSH CITY AREA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE HARRIS AND NORTH BRANCH AREAS IN CHISAGO COUNTY THROUGH 4 PM...AND WILL BE NEARING THE COMMUNITIES OF CUSHING...LUCK AND MILLTOWN IN POLK COUNTY WISCONSIN...BETWEEN 4 PM AND 445 PM. WEATHER CONDITIONS REMAIN FAVORABLE FOR SEVERE WEATHER...THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR AREA...MOVE INDOORS AND WAIT FOR THE STORMS TO PASS. H DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
WIZ014>016-023>028-252235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 433 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY AND NORTHERN ST CROIX COUNTY... AT 435 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF POLK COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF DRESSER...ST CROIX FALLS AND WANDEROOS...ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODCUING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CHISAGO COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRESENT MOVEMENT WOULD BRING THE STORMS THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF NEW RICHMOND AND GLENWOOD CITY...THROUGH 5 PM. PERSONS IN POLK AND ST CROIX COUNTY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 4:33 PM CDT, 12 minutes before
WIZ014>016-023>028-252235- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 433 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SOUTHERN POLK COUNTY AND NORTHERN ST CROIX COUNTY... AT 435 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF POLK COUNTY...NEAR THE TOWNS OF DRESSER...ST CROIX FALLS AND WANDEROOS...ABOUT 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE. THE STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODCUING PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL...HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND DANGEROUS CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVED THROUGH CHISAGO COUNTY IN MINNESOTA. THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. PRESENT MOVEMENT WOULD BRING THE STORMS THROUGH THE COMMUNITIES OF NEW RICHMOND AND GLENWOOD CITY...THROUGH 5 PM. PERSONS IN POLK AND ST CROIX COUNTY IN WESTERN WISCONSIN SHOULD SEEK SHELTER WHEN THESE STORM APPROACH YOUR AREA. DWE
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.