Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1994
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jul 4, 1994, 11:46 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 4, 1994, 11:46 PM CDT (04:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 1994, 12:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Pope County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 166 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
- 1005 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -187 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1179 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 88 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 90 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 WUUS1 KSTC 050446 RRA SVRSTC MNC121-050545- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 1146 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1245 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...POPE COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF GLENWOOD...LOWRY...STARBUCK AND WESTPORT. AT 1140 PM RADAR SHOWED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST WEST OF GLENWOOD MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH. THIS STORM HAD 1 INCH HAIL REPORTED 3 MILES NORTH OF CYRUS OR 15 MILES WEST OF GLENWOOD AT 1125 PM. IF YOU ARE ON A LAKE...GET TO SHORE IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU ARE IN A VEHICLE...REMAIN INSIDE...BUT DO NOT TOUCH METAL EXPOSED TO THE OUTSIDE. & 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, Jul 4, 11:22 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
MNZ048-049-055-057-050600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM. AT 1115 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE MINNEWASKA...15 MILES NORTHWEST FROM GLENWOOD. A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FURTHER WEST NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF POPE COUNTY. NO DAMAGING WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE 10 PM. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN INTENSE HOWEVER AND DOWNPOURS HAVE ACCOMPANED THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH TOWARD THE TOWNS OF GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY MAY REACH PORTIONS OF SWIFT...WESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHWEST KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:23 PM CDT, 23 minutes before
MNZ048-049-055-057-050600- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 1122 PM CDT MON JUL 4 1994 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR POPE COUNTY UNTIL 1145 PM. AT 1115 PM...WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A THUNDERSTORM JUST NORTHWEST OF LAKE MINNEWASKA...15 MILES NORTHWEST FROM GLENWOOD. A STRONGER THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED FURTHER WEST NEAR THE NORTHWEST CORNER OF POPE COUNTY. NO DAMAGING WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE 10 PM. LIGHTNING HAS BEEN INTENSE HOWEVER AND DOWNPOURS HAVE ACCOMPANED THESE STORMS. THE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 TMPH TOWARD THE TOWNS OF GLENWOOD AND STARBUCK. IF THESE STORMS HOLD TOGETHER THEY MAY REACH PORTIONS OF SWIFT...WESTERN STEARNS AND NORTHWEST KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AFTER MIDNIGHT.
Local storm report, Jul 4, 11:25 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1125 PM CDT MON JUL 04 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 4 JUL 94
1120 PM QUARTER SIZE ( 1 INCH) HAIL AT CYRUS MINNESOTA IN POPE
COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
1152 PM HALF DOLLAR SIZE (11/4) HAIL AT STARBUCK IN POPE COUNTY
...20 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
1247 PM 1 INCH HAIL IN SUNBERG OF KANDIYOHI COUNTY...20 MILES
NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR.
137 AM 3/4 INCH HAIL NEAR AVON, PEA SIZE HAIL IN PAYNESVILLE AND
COLD SPRING...ALL IN STEARNS COUNTY ABOUT 10 TO 20 MILES
WEST OF ST CLOUD.
FRASER
: ALocal storm report, Jul 4, 11:31 PM CDT, 15 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1125 PM CDT MON JUL 04 1994
PRELIMINARY REPORT FOR 4 JUL 94
1120 PM QUARTER SIZE ( 1 INCH) HAIL AT CYRUS MINNESOTA IN POPE
COUNTfY...25 MILES SOUTHWEST ALEXANDRIA.
FRASERThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 10:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 12:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 1:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 1:30 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 60 min |
| Jul 5, 2:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 3:08 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet | 37 min |
| Jul 5, 3:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 34 min |
| Jul 5, 4:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 63 min |
| Jul 5, 4:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 55 min |
| Jul 5, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 4:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 4:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka | 62 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 47 min |
| Jul 5, 5:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 47 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.