Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 6:08 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 6:08 PM CDT (23:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Wright County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 46 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 302309 SVRMPX MNC171-010000- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 608 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 700 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...WRIGHT COUNTY AT 605 PM...RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLEARWATER TO LITCHFIELD TO JUST NORTH OF OLIVIA. THIS LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE CITIES OF BUFFALO...COKATO...ANNANDALE AND MONTICELLO. ONE INCH HAIL WAS ALSO REPORTED FROM THIS LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS SOUTH OF LITCHFIELD. WHEN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING...STAY INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. PROTECT YOURSELF FROM DAMAGING WINDS OR HAIL BY KEEPING AWAY FROM WINDOWS. LISTEN TO YOUR RADIO OR TELEVISION... BUT TURN OFF ALL OTHER ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES. DO NOT USE THE PHONE DURING PERIODS OF FREQUENT LIGHTNING. 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, 5:41 PM CDT, 27 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, 26 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, 23 minutes 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
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 5:52 PM CDT, 16 minutes 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 6LAKE...GO TO SHORE AND STAY INDOORS. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:03 PM CDT, 5 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 605 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM... AT 600 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST CLOUD SOUTHWEST TO REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO CLEAR LAKE IN SHERBURNE COUNTY BY 615 PM AND HUTCHINSON IN MCLEOD COUNTY BY 630 PM. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. FRASER
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 6:05 PM CDT, 3 minutes before
MNZ042>044-046-048>051-054>058-064-302330- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 605 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR MEEKER COUNTY UNTIL 630 PM... AT 600 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM ABOUT 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF ST CLOUD SOUTHWEST TO REDWOOD FALLS MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE INTO CLEAR LAKE IN SHERBURNE COUNTY BY 615 PM AND HUTCHINSON IN MCLEOD COUNTY BY 630 PM. 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. LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR UPDATES. FRASER
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, 5:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 59 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.