Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 80, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Stearns County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 845 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 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 KSTC 302222 RRA SVRSTC MNC145-302300- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 522 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 600 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY AT 515 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY NEAR ALBANY WHICH IS 18 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD. THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN AVON AND ST JOSEPH CAN EXPECT THIS STORM IN THEIR AREA BY 535 PM AND THE STORM WILL BE IN THE ST CLOUD AREA BY 545 PM. IF hOUTSIDE..FIND A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT SEEK SHELTER UNDER TREES. STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS. DO NOT USE ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. FRASER 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 30, 11:52 AM CDT, 5 hours 30 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-301800- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR WIND GUSTS IN THUNDERSTORMS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1145 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA... DURING THE MORNING...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED FROM NORTH DAKOTA INTO MINNESOTA AND AT 1130 AM WAS LOCATED IN A LINE FROM WADENA TO FERGUS FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BY 1230 PM THESE STORMS WILL BE LOCATED IN A LINE FROM STAPLES TO LONG PRAIRE IN TODD COUNTY SOUTHWEST TO GLENWOOD IN POPE COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES ANnD WIND GUSTS TO 35 MPH. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 12:59 PM CDT, 4 hours 23 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-301900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 1255 AM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 1245 PM AN AREA OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM BRAINERD SOUTHWEST TO LONG PRAIRIE TO GLENWOOD AND WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH. THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA NEAR BROWERVILLE AND LONG PRAIRIE IN TODD COUNTY. BY 2 PM THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE TO A LINE FROM MILLE LACS LAKE TO LITTLE FALLS IN MORRISON SOUTHWEST TO NEAR BENSON IN SWIFT COUNTY. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND WIND GUSTS TO 45 MPH. BOATERS...ESPECIALLY THOSE PERSONS ON MILLE LACS LAKE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ROUGH WATER IN ADDITION TO FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND SEEK SAFE HARBOR IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:05 PM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 205 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 200 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EAST OF MILLE LACS LAKE TO ST CLOUD TO NEW LONDON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BY 300 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE FROM SOUTH OF MILLE LACS LAKE TO BECKER TO LITCHFIELD. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. IF OUTDOOR...SEEK SHELTER IN A SECURE BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302000- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 205 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 200 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EAST OF MILLE LACS LAKE TO ST CLOUD TO NEW LONDON. THESE STORMS ARE MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. BY 300 PM THIS LINE OF STORMS SHOULD BE FROM SOUTH OF MILLE LACS LAKE TO BECKER TO LITCHFIELD. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS CAN EXPECT BRIEF HEAVY RAIN... SMALL HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. IF OUTDOOR...SEEK SHELTER IN A SECURE BUILDING. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR LOCAL MEDIA FOR FURTHER UPDATES.L PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 23 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 300 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 3 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF MILLE LACS LAKE TO EAST OF ST CLOUD TO HUTCHINSON. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SHOULD MOVE TO JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN... OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. IFf ON A LAKE...GO TO SHORE AND STAY INDOORS. PARKIN
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 3:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302100- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 300 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA... AT 3 PM A LINE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM SOUTH OF MILLE LACS LAKE TO EAST OF ST CLOUD TO HUTCHINSON. THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. THE LINE OF STORMS HAS BEEN PRODUCING LIGHT TO MODERATE RAIN AND SHOULD MOVE TO JUST NORTH AND WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES BY 4 PM. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN... OCCASIONAL LIGHTNING STRIKES AND GUSTY WINDS. PERSONS IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF NECESSARY. IF ON A LAKE...GO TO SHORE AND STAY INDOORS. PARKIN
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 47 min |
| Jun 30, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 52 min |
| Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 60 min |
| Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 35 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.