Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 81, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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 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.
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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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 5:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 38 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.