Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 75, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 6:06 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 54 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Meeker County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 79 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 TTAA00 KSTC 252306 RRA SVRSTC MNC093-260000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 606 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN MEEKER COUNTY AT 550 PM KANDIYOHI COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL IN WILLMAR AND 5 MILES EAST OF WILLMAR. AT 600 PM RADAR INDICATES A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR LAKE LILLIAN...15 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR MOVING TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. PEOPLE IN THE TOWNS OF COSMOS AND CEDAR MILLS WILL BE AFFECTED BY THIS STORM. 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 25, 5:30 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MNZ052-053-260030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 530 PM..RADAR INDICATED MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN CHISAGO COUNTY OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS NEAR THE CITIES OF RUSH CITY..AND TAYLORS FALLS CAN EXPECT HAIL..AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 630 PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:30 PM CDT, 36 minutes before
MNZ052-053-260030- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 530 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 530 PM..RADAR INDICATED MORE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN CHISAGO COUNTY OR ABOUT 40 MILES NORTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS NEAR THE CITIES OF RUSH CITY..AND TAYLORS FALLS CAN EXPECT HAIL..AND GUSTY WINDS THROUGH 630 PM. IF YOU ARE OUTDOORS...MOVE TO A PLACE OF SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF A THUNDERSTORM APPROACHES. MOTORISTS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR REDUCED VISIBILITIES DURING DOWNPOURS OF RAIN. STREETS MAY FLOOD QUICKLY. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:50 PM CDT, 16 minutes before
MNZ028>094-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 550 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM... AT 530 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MORA...TAYLORS FALLS...IN MINNESOTA. IN WISCONSIN...ST CROIX FALLS...PASSING BETWEEN AMERY ANDNEW RICHMOND TO JUST EAST OF ELMWOOD. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT OF PONDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS AND UNDER BRIDGE DECKS. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR MINNESOTA. THE PRECIPITATION AREA EXTENDS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 30 TO 35 MPH. DME
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ052-053-WIZ014-023-252355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 555 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN POLK AND ALL OF ST. CROIX COUNTY WISCONSIN EXPIRED AT 545 PM. NO OTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 515 PM. HOWEVER..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN NORTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY AND WESTERN POLK COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE PRODUCING SOME HAIL AND TORRETNIAL RAINS AS WELL. IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH 630 PM AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. PERSONS NEAR THE CITIES BALSAM LAKE..CLEAR LAKE AND GELNWOOD CITY CAN EXPECT TORRETNIAL RAIN..HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS WOULD BE 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:55 PM CDT, 11 minutes before
MNZ052-053-WIZ014-023-252355- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 555 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING THAT WAS IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN POLK AND ALL OF ST. CROIX COUNTY WISCONSIN EXPIRED AT 545 PM. NO OTHER REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED SINCE 515 PM. HOWEVER..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN NORTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY AND WESTERN POLK COUNTY. THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY TO BE PRODUCING SOME HAIL AND TORRETNIAL RAINS AS WELL. IT APPEARS THAT THUNDERSTORMS WILL REMAIN IN THE AREA AT LEAST THROUGH 630 PM AS THEY DRIFT SLOWLY SOUTHEAST. PERSONS NEAR THE CITIES BALSAM LAKE..CLEAR LAKE AND GELNWOOD CITY CAN EXPECT TORRETNIAL RAIN..HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. THIS WOULD BE 40 MILES NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO C^ROSS SAFELY. VEHICLES CAUGHT IN RISING WATER SHOULD BE ABANDONED QUICKLY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. JPR
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 5:57 PM CDT, 9 minutes before
MNZ028>094-260000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 550 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM... AT 530 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS AND SHOWERS WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL AND SOUTH SECTIONS OF MINNESOTA. THE STRONGER STORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS AND LARGE HAIL DOWN THROUGH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE SOUTHEAST THROUGH MORA...TAYLORS FALLS...IN MINNESOTA. IN WISCONSIN...ST CROIX FALLS...PASSING BETWEEN AMERY ANDNEW RICHMOND TO JUST EAST OF ELMWOOD. WITH THE HEAVY RAINS FROM THESE STORMS PEOPLE SHOULD BE ON THE ALERT OF PONDING WATER IN LOW LYING AREAS...ESPECIALLY ON ROADWAYS AND UNDER BRIDGE DECKS. SOME STREET FLOODING IS ALSO POSSIBLE. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN KANDIYOHI COUNTY JUST NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR MINNESOTA. THE PRECIPITATIrON AREA EXTENDS ACROSS MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. MOVEMENT WAS EAST 30 TO 35 MPH. DME
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 25, 3:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 59 min |
| Jun 25, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne | 55 min |
| Jun 25, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 40 min |
| Jun 25, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 57 min |
| Jun 25, 6:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 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.