Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 82, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 5:46 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 5:46 PM CDT (22:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 6:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Renville County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 107 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 WUUS1 KMSP 302248 SVRMPX MNC129-302345- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 546 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 645 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...RENVILLE COUNTY AT 545 PM...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM IN NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE COUNTY NEAR OLIVIA. THIS STORMS WAS MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE OLIVIA...HECTOR AND STEWART. 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. LUSSKY
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, 2:59 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 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 46 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, 6 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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H#F66WWUS4Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:41 PM CDT, 5 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, 4 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, 5:45 PM CDT, 1 minute before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 545 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM... ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS COUNTY UNTIL 6 PM... AT 545 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ST CLOUD SOUTHWEST TO REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS ARE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING BRIEF PERIODS OF RAIN...LARGE HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND 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. FRASER WWUS35KACY .NO
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, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 47 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.