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Tornado Warning 38, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 7, 1994Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at Aug 7, 1994, 9:36 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Aug 7, 1994, 9:36 PM CDT (02:36 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 1994, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

County Faribault County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 134 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 1994-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2071 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 1994-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 33 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
2071 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-2 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
998 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
42 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
33 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
97 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
2.3

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The text

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

000 
TTAA00 KRST 080234
TORRST
MNC043-080300-
 
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
936 PM CDT SUN AUG 7 1994
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER MN HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1000 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...FARIBAULT COUNTY
 
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF WELLS...BRUSH CREEK...BRICELYN...AND
KEISTER.
 
STORMS WITH POSSIBLE TORNADOES ARE MOVING THROUGH FARIBAULT COUNTY IN
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  AT 930PM RADAR INDICATED THE STORM TO BE
CENTERED NEAR BRUSH CREEK OR 24 MILES WEST OF ALBERT LEA. THIS
STORM CONTINUES TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH AT 15 MPH. PEOPLE IN BRICELYN
AND KIESTER SHOULD TAKE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
 
 
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.  MOBIVLE HOMES SHOULD BE ABANDONED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet27 min
Aug 7, 8:10 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault35 min
Aug 7, 8:28 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSteele, Waseca32 min
Aug 7, 8:51 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXFaribault39 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.