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Tornado Warning 6, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 30, 1994Anoka County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 30, 1994, 3:53 PM CDT for Anoka County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
May 30, 1994, 3:53 PM CDT (20:53 UTC)
Expired
May 30, 1994, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area
Whole counties

Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 8.9 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-30Temperature 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 12:00Z on 1994-05-30The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1954 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
262 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 30, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne48 min
May 30, 3:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWright18 min
May 30, 3:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin51 min
May 30, 3:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti51 min
May 30, 3:53 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXHennepin40 min
May 30, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChisago, Washington54 min
May 30, 4:20 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey25 min
May 30, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDodge, Steele38 min
May 30, 6:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXOlmsted47 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.