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Tornado Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 1994Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1994, 7:13 PM CDT for Carver County, McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 30, 1994, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired: Jun 30, 1994, 7:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Whole counties

Counties Carver County, MN, McLeod County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 35 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 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

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KMSP 010014
TORMSP
MNC085-019-010045-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
713 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  745 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN MCLEOD COUNTY...CARVER COUNTY
 
AT 710 PM...THE MCLEOD COUNTY SHERIFF REPORTED A DEVELOPING TORNADO IN
SOUTHWESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF WINSTED...OR ABOUT 35 MILES
WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS. THIS TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. TOWNS IN
THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO INCLUDE WATERTOWN...HOLLYWOOD AND MAYER.
 
 
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 BASEMENT 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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LUSSKY
 
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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, 7:22 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
Jun 30, 10:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn	38 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.