Severe Thunderstorm Warning 13, NWS Grand Forks, ND

Issued

Jul 5, 1989, 7:30 PM CDT (00:30 UTC)

Expired

Jul 5, 1989, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Grand Forks, ND

Area

Whole counties

Counties Lake of the Woods County, MN, Roseau County, MN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE INTERNATIONAL FALLS MN
730 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1989

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 0830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

IN NORTHWESTERN  MINNESOTA ...
   ROSEAU..LAKE OF THE WOODS

AT 710 PM THIS EVENING ROSEAU POLIECE REPORTED SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
AND 1 INCH HAIL OCCURING. STRONG WINDS WERE ALSO NOTED. MOVEMENT OF
THE STORM WAS NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. CITIES IN EASTERN ROSEAU AND
NORTHERN LAKE OF THE WOODS SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR HEAVY WEATHER.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND... DESTRUCTIVE
HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE
OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING. DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS. DO
NOT USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY.
REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE
TORNADOS.

HOUSE

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT QND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
625 PM CDT WED JUL 5 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 625 PM AN INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER THE NORTHWEST
CORNER OF BELTRAMI COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA..30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS
MOVEING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND COULD PRODUCE BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS. THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL PASS
INTO LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTY BY 7 PM.

SEVERAL OTHER INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER TRAIL
COUNTY OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND SOUTHWEST POLK COUNTY OF
NORTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR
AND WILL BE IN THE CROOKSTON MINNESOTA AREA BY 645 PM. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN..HAIL AND GUSTY
WINDS.
OTHER THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS CONTINUED OVER NORTHWEST
MINNESOTA.

PERSONS NEAR THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR RAPIDLY
CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARTED TO SEEK SHELTER
IF NECESSARY.

PLEASE STAY TUNED TO YOUR LOCAL RADIO AND TV STATIONS AS WELL
AS NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR LATEST INFORMATION ON THESE INTENSE
THUNDERSTORMS.
ANDERSEN

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1989

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.