Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 10, NWS Grand Forks, ND
NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1989, 7:22 PM CDT for Koochiching County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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 29, 1989, 7:22 PM CDT (00:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1989, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Grand Forks, ND
- Area
- Whole counties
County Koochiching County, MN
The radar
The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 7:45 PM CDT | Hail 1 | Koochiching, MN |
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 text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm 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, Jun 29, 3:06 PM CDT, 4 hours 16 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 305 PM CDT THU JUN 29 1989 AT 300 PM CDT AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED 20 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...NEAR THE AGASSIZ WILDLIFE REFUGE. HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING AND DAMIGING WINDS ARE LIKELY AS THIS STORM MOVES NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. THIS STORM WILL CROSS THE THIEF LAKE REFUGE BETWEEN 315 AND 345 PM CDT. BOATERS AND CAMPERS AREA ADVISED TO SEEK SHELTER IF YOU ARE IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM. CONDITIONS ARE FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. STAY TUNED TO RADIO...T.V. AS WELL AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS. EWENS
Special weather statement, Jun 29, 4:46 PM CDT, 2 hours 36 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND 440 PM CDT THU JUN 29 1989 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 10 PM CDT FOR A LARGE PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA... AT 426 PM CDT...SEVERAL STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE BETWEEN 25 MILES AND 45 MILES NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA OR JUST NORTH AND NORTHEAST OF THE TOWN OF GRYGLA. MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR AND THEY SHOULD REMAIN OVER THE NORTHWEST QUARTER OF BELTRAMI COUNTY AND MOVE INTO SOUTHWEST LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY BY 530 PM CDT. STRONG DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY WITH THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS. ALSO...SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS...A FEW WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...WERE LOCATED OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING TO THE EAST-NORTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR. MB
The office that day
Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 30, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Stevens | 66 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.