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Tornado Warning 13, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 1994Fillmore County, Olmsted County, Winona County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1994, 7:49 PM CDT for Fillmore County, Olmsted County, Winona County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1994, 7:49 PM CDT (00:49 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1994, 8:30 PM CDT
In force
41 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Fillmore County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Winona County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 161 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-05-31Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-05-31The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -182 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
2185 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-182 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-23 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

000 
TTAA00 KRST 310050
TORRST
MNC045-109-169-310130-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
749 PM CDT MON MAY 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  830 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
 
   ...FILLMORE COUNTY...EASTERN OLMSTED COUNTY
   ...WESTERN WINONA COUNTY
 
...THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF STEWARTVILLE...SPRING
VALLEY...OSTRANDER...CHATFIELD...ST. CHARLES...PRESTON...AND LANESBORO.
 
AT 745PM SKYWARN SPOTTERS REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADOS SOUTH OF ROCHESTER
NEAR STEWARTVILLE.  THE STORM PRODUCING THESE POSSIBLE TORNADOS WAS
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH TOWARD CHATFIELD...SPRING VALLEY AND PRESTON.
 
GO TO A SAFE REINFORCED SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
 
 
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT.  GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR STAIRWAY TO AVOID COLLAPSING
WALLS.  IF NO BASEM*ENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN A CENTRAL
ROOM SUCH AS A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR.
USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY.
 
 
 
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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 7:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFillmore, Mower, Olmsted35 min

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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.