Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 95, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 30, 1994, 10:52 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 30, 1994, 10:52 PM CDT (03:52 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 30, 1994, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Freeborn County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 132 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
- 2237 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1140 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 266 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 383 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 4.4
- Supercell composite
- 12.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KRST 010353 RRA SVRRST MNC047-010430- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN 1052 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...SOUTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY AT 1046PM CDT FREEBORN COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ALBERT LEA NEAR TWIN LAKES. THIS STORM PRODUCED 60 MPH WIND GUSTS AND GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN THE CITY OF TWIN LAKES. THIS STORM SHOULD BE NEAR EMMONS AND GORDONSVILLE BY 1115PM CDT. 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. A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING. STAY INDOORS...REMAIN CALM AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO THE BASEMENT. &
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, 9:41 PM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before
MNZ074>096-010500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 941 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRL MINNESOTA. AT 940 PM...A 20 TO 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM COMFREY...MANKATO AND NORTH OF WASECA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BROWN COUNTY...BLUE EARTH COUNTY SOUTHERN LE SUEUR AND WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN NOT ONLY EXPECT LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO...BUT TORRENTIAL RAINS AS WELL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL MAKE THESE AREAS SUSCEPTABLE TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AFTER DARK. THE BLINDING RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN COMMUTING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NOT KNOWING THE DEPTH OF WATER ON A ROADWAY COULD PROVE DEADLY. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH OF FARIMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. A TORNADO WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 9:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
MNZ074>096-010500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 941 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRL MINNESOTA. AT 940 PM...A 20 TO 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM COMFREY...MANKATO AND NORTH OF WASECA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BROWN COUNTY...BLUE EARTH COUNTY SOUTHERN LE SUEUR AND WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN NOT ONLY EXPECT LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO...BUT TORRENTIAL RAINS AS WELL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL MAKE THESE AREAS SUSCEPTABLE TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AFTER DARK. THE BLINDING RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN COMMUTING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NOT KNOWING THE DEPTH OF WATER ON A ROADWAY COULD PROVE DEADLY. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH OF FARIMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. A TORNADO WARNING REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MOST OT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:00 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
MNZ074>096-010500- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORECTION OF WATCH NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 941 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRL MINNESOTA. AT 940 PM...A 20 TO 30 MILE WIDE LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM COMFREY...MANKATO AND NORTH OF WASECA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MILES AN HOUR. PERSONS IN BROWN COUNTY...BLUE EARTH COUNTY SOUTHERN LE SUEUR AND WASECA COUNTY IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA CAN NOT ONLY EXPECT LARGE HAIL...STRONG WINDS AND THE POSSIBILITY OF A TORNADO...BUT TORRENTIAL RAINS AS WELL. THE SLOW MOVEMENT OF THE STORMS WILL MAKE THESE AREAS SUSCEPTABLE TO FLOODING OF ROADWAYS AND RAPID RISES ON AREA STREAMS. BE CAUTIOUS WHEN DRIVING AFTER DARK. THE BLINDING RAINS ASSOCIATED WITH THE STORMS WILL MAKE IT VERY DIFFICULT WHEN COMMUTING THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NOT KNOWING THE DEPTH OF WATER ON A ROADWAY COULD PROVE DEADLY. THESE STORMS SHOULD MOVE THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH OF FARIMONT...BLUE EARTH AND ALBERT LEA THROUGH ABOUT MIDNIGHT. A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MOST OT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING. A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:20 PM CDT, 32 minutes before
MNZ010>012>017-024>026-032>038-042>098-010515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1020 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NO. 528 CANCELLED... ...MOST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 527 CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED MOST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 527 AS OF 1015 PM. THE ONLY COUNTIES THAT REMAINS IN THE WATCH ARE PINE COUNTY AND CHISAGO COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. THE COUNTIES OF BROWN...NICOLLET...LE SUEUR AND RICE HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE REST OF ABOUT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA...OR THAT AREA BOUNDED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PIPESTONE... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...RED WING...AND PRESTON REMAINS UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:21 PM CDT, 31 minutes before
MNZ010>012>017-024>026-032>038-042>098-010515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1020 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NO. 528 CANCELLED... ...MOST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 527 CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED MOST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 527 AS OF 1015 PM. THE ONLY COUNTIES THAT REMAINS IN THE WATCH ARE PINE COUNTY AND CHISAGO COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. THE COUNTIES OF BROWN...NICOLLET...LE SUEUR AND RICE HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE REST OF ABOUT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOT...OR THAT AREA BOUNDED SOUTH OF A LINE FROM PIPESTO'NE...ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...RED WING...AND PRESTON REMAINS UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING. DWE
Special weather statement, Jun 30, 10:24 PM CDT, 28 minutes before
MNZ010>012>017-024>026-032>038-042>098-010515- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1020 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994 ...PORTIONS OF TORNADO WATCH NO. 528 CANCELLED... ...MOST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 527 CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED MOST OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NO. 527 AS OF 1015 PM. THE ONLY COUNTIES THAT REMAINS IN THE WATCH ARE PINE COUNTY AND CHISAGO COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM. THE COUNTIES OF BROWN...NICOLLET...LE SUEUR AND RICE HAVE BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH. THE REST OF ABOUT THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA...OR THAT AREA BOUNDED SOUTH OF A LIN-E FROM PIPESTONE... ST JAMES...MANKATO...WASECA...OWATONNA...RED WING...AND PRESTON REMAINS UNDER THE TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 3 AM FRIDAY MORNING. DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Sibley | 59 min |
| Jun 30, 7:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 7:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 7:42 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 33 min |
| Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 7:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 51 min |
| Jun 30, 8:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 32 min |
| Jun 30, 8:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 39 min |
| Jun 30, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 68 min |
| Jun 30, 8:32 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 28 min |
| Jun 30, 8:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown | 48 min |
| Jun 30, 8:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 21 min |
| Jun 30, 8:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 54 min |
| Jun 30, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Watonwan | 49 min |
| Jun 30, 10:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 26 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.