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Tornado Warning 22, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 30, 1994Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Jun 30, 1994, 10:19 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 30, 1994, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
Expired
Jun 30, 1994, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Freeborn County, MN

What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 30, 10:27 PM CDTTornado F0Manchester, MNA short and narrow tornado briefly touched down in Manchester and no damage occurred.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 1994-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2237 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 1994-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 266 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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 010321
TORRST
MNC047-010345-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MINNESOTA
ISSUED BY MINNEAPOLIS MN
1019 PM CDT THU JUN 30 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1045 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...NORTHERN FREEBORN COUNTY
 
AT 10:10 PM SPOTTERS REPORTED A POSSIBLE TORNADO 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALBERT LEA...NEAR NEW RICHLAND MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
 
TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE BATH...HARTLAND...AND FREEBORN..AND
ALBERT LEA.
 
HEAD FOR THE BASEMENT NOW!  DON'T GO OUTSIDE TO LOOK FOR THE
TORNADO...IT COULD BE BEARING DOWN ON YOUR LOCATION.  GET $UNDER
SOME STURDY FURNITURE...OR UNDERNEATH A STAIRWAY TO AVOID
WIND BLOWN DEBRIS.  MOBILE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED.
 
DRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 30, 7:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Sibley59 min
Jun 30, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver, McLeod32 min
Jun 30, 7:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin68 min
Jun 30, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXCarver33 min
Jun 30, 7:47 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSibley28 min
Jun 30, 7:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet51 min
Jun 30, 8:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXScott32 min
Jun 30, 8:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley39 min
Jun 30, 8:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet68 min
Jun 30, 8:32 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur, Nicollet28 min
Jun 30, 8:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown48 min
Jun 30, 8:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Scott21 min
Jun 30, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Nicollet54 min
Jun 30, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca49 min
Jun 30, 9:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWatonwan49 min
Jun 30, 10:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn38 min

Nearby

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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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.