Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 1994Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 5:43 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1994, 5:43 PM CDT (22:43 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1994, 6:30 PM CDT
In force
47 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, 10.7 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1994-06-30Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 1994-06-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
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

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KSTC 302243 RRA
SVRSTC
MNC093-302330-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
543 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA  HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  630 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...MEEKER COUNTY
 
AT 635 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ST CLOUD IN NORTHERN MEEKER COUNTY.
 
THIS DANGEROUS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
 
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE KINGSTON...FOREST
CITY...LITCHFIELD AND EDEN VALLEY.
 
 
 
IF OUTSIDE..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, 2:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 36 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 44 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 43 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:40 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
540 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA
AND WILLMAR.  THESE ACTIVITY DEVELOPED RAPIDLY INTO A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO NEAR
WILLMAR AS OF 530 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD AND
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

AS OF 530 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR CROW RIVER...ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS...WHICH IS 20 MILES
NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS BEEN
DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OF FURTHER
WEATHER UPDATES DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

LUSSKY

P F
WUUS
6WWUS@
	WWUS
XWUUS
0WWUS:
WWUSb
	m`WWUS
D!'WWUS"
p6WWUS
VWWUS
$WWUSD
FQUS
H{i`WWUS
TWSJP6
6WWUS
YHWWNZ

WUUS
qWWUS
WWUS
WUUSz
6WWUS"
8*q`WWUSV
sF6WWUS0YvN>>WWUSf-6WWUS
.66WWUSl
<*6WWUSZ
?6WWUSv
('66WWUSV
l<WUUS
"WUUS
|06WWUS
|:V6WWUS
|>6WWUS
4?i`WWUS.
/6WWUS<
`2x6WWUS
<a`WWUS*
0XWSUSH
43U^WSUSP
x7q4WSUS
H#F66WWUS4
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:41 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
540 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA
AND WILLMAR.  THESE ACTIVITY DEVELOPED RAPIDLY INTO A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO NEAR
WILLMAR AS OF 530 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD AND
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

AS OF 530 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR CROW RIVER...ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS...WHICH IS 20 MILES
NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS BEEN
DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OF FURTHER
WEATHER UPDATES DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

LUSSKY
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:42 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MNZ052-053-059-060-061-062-063-065-066-067-068-069-070-073-302345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
540 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THUNDERSTORMS BEGAN TO DEVELOP LATE THIS AFTERNOON BETWEEN ALEXANDRIA
AND WILLMAR.  THESE ACTIVITY DEVELOPED RAPIDLY INTO A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS...WHICH STRETCHED FROM JUST WEST OF ST CLOUD TO NEAR
WILLMAR AS OF 530 PM.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE DEVELOPING RAPIDLY AS THEY MOVE EASTWARD AND
HAVE THE POTENTIAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS AREAS OF EAST
CENTRAL AND MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TONIGHT.

AS OF 530 PM...THE STRONGEST STORMS WERE NEAR CROW RIVER...ABOUT 30
MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD...AND NEAR GRANITE FALLS...WHICH IS 20 MILES
NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS.

THIS ACTIVITY IS MOVING EASTWARD AT 25 MILES AN HOUR AND HAS BEEN
DEVELOPING SOUTHWARD ALONG THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS.

PERSONS ACROSS MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA SHOULD REMAIN ALERT OF FURTHER
WEATHER UPDATES DURING THE EVENING HOURS.

LUSSKY

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 5:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns38 min
Jun 30, 5:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville59 min
Jun 30, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright52 min
Jun 30, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod60 min
Jun 30, 6:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright35 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.