Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 2, NWS Duluth, MN
NWS Duluth, MN issued this tornado warning at Jul 2, 1989, 9:38 PM CDT for Crow Wing County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Jul 2, 1989, 9:38 PM CDT (02:38 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 2, 1989, 10:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Duluth, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
County Crow Wing County, MN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 2.6 hours before the alert went out and 185 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 1386 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -28 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1650 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 27 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 122 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.2
- Supercell composite
- 4.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KDLH 030240
TORDLH
MNC035-030330-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN
938 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN DULUTH HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY...
IN NORTHEAST MINNESOTA
...CROW WING
AT 930 A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY STATE PATROL 5 MILES SOUTH OF
PINE RIVER. THE TORNADO WAS MOVING EAST.
CITIES IN THE PATH OF THE TORNADO INCLUDE PEQUOT LAKES AND BREEZY
POINT...AS WELL AS NUMEROUS AREA LAKES.
IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF A TORNADO...THE SAFEST PLACE IS A
BASEMENT. GET UNDER A WORKBENCH OR PIECE OF STURDY FURNITURE.
IF NO BASEMENT IS AVAILABLE...SEEK SHELTER IN AN INTERIOR ROOM
SUCH AS A CLOSET ON THE LOWEST FLOOR. USE BLANKETS...PILLOWS...
OR CUSHIONS TO COVER YOUR BODY. AVOID WINDOWS.
DO NOT USE YOUR CAR TO TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO. CARS ARE EASILY
TOSSED AROUND BY TORNADO WINDS. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT IN THE PATH OF
A TORNADO...LEAVE THE CAR AND GO TO A STRONG BUILDING. IF NO
STRUCTURE IS NEARBY...SEEK SHELTER IN A DITCH OR LOW SPOT.
CHRISTENSONWhat forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this tornado warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 5:29 PM CDT, 4 hours 9 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 525 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989 FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN. AT 515 PM THIS AFTERNOON FARGO RADAR REPORTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN THE AREA BETWEEN RED LAKE, MN AND BAUDETTE, MN. THERE ARE NO REPORTS OF WIND OR HAIL AT THIS TIME. WARROAD AND BAUDETTE, MN HAVE HAD ONLY HEAVY RAIN IN THE PAST HOUR. ALTHOUGH NONE HAS BEEN REPORTED AS OF THIS TIME, THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR KTV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER BULLETINS ARE REQUIRED. HOUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:32 PM CDT, 3 hours 6 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 625 PM CDT SAT JUL 1 1989 AT 620 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM BLACKDUCK TO KELIHER..65 TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR..WHICH WOULD BRING THEM INTO NORTHWEST ITASCA COUNTY..JUST NORTH OF LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH BETWEEN 645 AND 730 THIS EVENING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY..15 TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS..FROM SOUTH OF BIG FALLS TO LITTLEFORK. PERSONS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ALVWOOD..WIRT..AND EFFIE AREAS..INCLUDING AREA LAKES BETWEEN 7 OCLOCK AND 830 THIS EVENING. ..CHRISTENSON..
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:34 PM CDT, 3 hours 4 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND PRECIPITATION SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DULUTH MN 625 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989 AT 620 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL WERE IN EASTERN BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE HEAVIEST RAIN WAS OCCURRING WEST OF A LINE FROM BLACKDUCK TO KELIHER..65 TO 80 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR..WHICH WOULD BRING THEM INTO NORTHWEST ITASCA COUNTY..JUST NORTH OF LAKE WINNIBIGOSHISH BETWEEN 645 AND 730 THIS EVENING. OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED IN KOOCHICHING COUNTY..15 TO 45 MILES SOUTHWEST OF INTERNATIONAL FALLS..FROM SOUTH OF BIG FALLS TO LITTLEFORK. PERSONS TO THE EAST AND SOUTHEAST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR SOME SMALL HAIL..HEAVY RAIN..STRONG GUSTY WINDS.. AND OCCASIONAL CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING. THESE STORMS WILL BE MOVING INTO THE ALVWOOD..WIRT..AND EFFIE AREAS..INCLUDING AREA LAKES BETWEEN 7 OCLOCK AND 830 THIS EVENING. ..CHRISTENSON..
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 6:45 PM CDT, 2 hours 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 640 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989 FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN. AT 630 PM THIS EVENING FARGO RADAR REPORTED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS OCCURING IN THE PINEWOOD AREA, APROXIMATELY 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF BEMIDJI, MN. MARBLE SIZE HAIL HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH THIS STORM BUT NO STRONG WINDS. ON ESHOULD REMEMBER THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.. ..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER BULLETINS ARE REQUIRED. HOUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 7:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 700 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989 FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE AT INTERNATIONAL FALLS, MN. AT 6:30 THIS EVENING PERSONS IN THE RED LAKE, MN AREA HAVE REPORTED LOCALLY STRONG WINDS AND MARBLE SIZE HAIL. SEVERAL TREES WERE REPORTED BLOWN DOWN 4 MILES WEST OF THE TOWN OF RED LAKE. THIS STORM IS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH. PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL BELTRAMI COUNTY SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THIS STORM. ONE SHOULD REMEMBER THAT THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN SMALL HAIL.. ..STRONG GUSTY WINDS..AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING. YOU SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER BULLETINS ARE REQUIRED. HOUSE
Special weather statement, Jul 2, 8:24 PM CDT, 1 hour 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN 810 PM CDT SUN JUL 2 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 573 IN EFFECT FOR NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT AT 8 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH NORTH CENTAL MINNESOTA. LAW INFORCEMENT OFFICIALS AT BEMIDJI..85 MILES NORTHEAST OF FARGO NORTH DAKOTA REPORTED VERY HEAVY RAIN ..PEA HAIL..AND SOME GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WITHIN A 25 MILE RADIUS OF BEMIDJI. THERE HAVE BEEN SOME REPORTS OF POWER OUTAGES IN OUTLYING AREAS. PERSONS IN BELTRAMI AND SOUTHERN KOOCHICHING COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD BE ALERT TO THESE APPROACHING STORMS AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SHELTER IF SEVERE WEATHER AbPPROACHES. STAY TUNED TO YOUR FAVORITE RADIO OR TV STATION IN THE EVENT FURTHER BULLETINS ARE REQUIRED. FAIRHURST
The office that day
Everything else NWS Duluth, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 2, 7:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 64 min |
| Jul 2, 9:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 69 min |
| Jul 2, 9:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin, Itasca | 48 min |
| Jul 2, 9:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | DLH | Cass | 44 min |
Nearby
Tornado Warnings in Minnesota, 1989Every tornado warning in 1989Tornadoes in 1989
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.