Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 76, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 25, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 25, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT (23:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 25, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 60 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County McLeod County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 53 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 252346 SVRMPX MNC085-260045- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 645 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 745 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...MCLEOD COUNTY AT 640 PM RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF MECLEOD COUNTY JUST NORTHWEST OF HUTCHINSON. THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ARE GLENCOE AND BROWNTON. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. 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, 5:55 PM CDT, 50 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, 48 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
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
MNZ039>040-046>047-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 610 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CLEARED FOR A VERY SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE FOLLOWING FOUR COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... BIG STONE...GRANT...STEVENS...TRAVERSE. SOME CITIES CLEARED INCLUDE WHEATON...ELBOW LAKE...MORRIS AND ORTONVILLE. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OTHER COUNTIES IN THE ORIGINAL WATCH MESSAGE. IN OTHER WORDS... THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM ORTONVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA...TO PINE CITY...TO AUSTIN AND THEN LUVERNE. TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:10 PM CDT, 35 minutes before
MNZ039>040-046>047-260300- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 610 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CLEARED FOR A VERY SMALL PART OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA... THE FOLLOWING FOUR COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE WATCH... BIG STONE...GRANT...STEVENS...TRAVERSE. SOME CITIES CLEARED INCLUDE WHEATON...ELBOW LAKE...MORRIS AND ORTONVILLE. HOWEVER...THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES UNTIL 10 PM FOR ALL OTHER COUNTIES IN THE ORIGINAL WATCH MESSAGE. IN OTHER WORDS... THE WATCH CONTINUES FOR AN AREA BOUNDED BY A LINE FROM ORTONVILLE TO ALEXANDRIA...TO PINE CITY...TO AUSTIN AND THEN LUVERNE. TDK
Special weather statement, Jun 25, 6:28 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
WIZ014-015-023-025-026-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 628 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 620 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SEVERAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN POLK AND NORTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY NEAR STAR PRAIRIE AND LITTLE FALLS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN DUNN COUNTY NEAR DOWNSVILLE..AND MERIDIEAN..AND IN PEPIN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF DURAND. MOST OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 TO 40 MILES WEST..NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. TORRENTIAL RAINS..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. A ROAD WAS REPORTED WASHED OUT IN SOUTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY NEAR STAR PRAIRIE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS AND MORE AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. 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, 6:28 PM CDT, 17 minutes before
WIZ014-015-023-025-026-260130- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 628 PM CDT SAT JUN 25 1994 AT 620 PM...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER SEVERAL AREAS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN..POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN POLK AND NORTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY NEAR STAR PRAIRIE AND LITTLE FALLS. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN DUNN COUNTY NEAR DOWNSVILLE..AND MERIDIEAN..AND IN PEPIN COUNTY NEAR THE CITY OF DURAND. MOST OF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE 25 TO 40 MILES WEST..NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. TORRENTIAL RAINS..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MILES AN HOUR. A ROAD WAS REPORTED WASHED OUT IN SOUTHERN ST. CROIX COUNTY NEAR STAR PRAIRIE. SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OVER THE SAME AREAS AND MORE AREAS OF LOCALIZED FLOODING ARE POSSIBLE. 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
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, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 54 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.