Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 18, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 24, 1989, 11:28 AM CDT for Redwood County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
- May 24, 1989, 11:28 AM CDT (16:28 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 12:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Redwood County, MN, Renville 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| May 24, 11:55 AM CDT | Hail 1.75 | Renville, 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 nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 12:00Z, 4.5 hours before the alert went out and 123 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
- 134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -631 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1132 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 49 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 189 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 211 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000
TTAA00 KMSP 241625
SVRMSP
MNC129-127-241715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1125 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTIES
IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
RENVILLE...
IN THE SOUTHWEST PART OF MINNESOTA
NORTHERN REDWOOD...
AT 1120 AM CDT..RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM NEAR
THE TOWN OF VESTA OR ABOUT 10 MILES SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD FALLS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH
AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS NEAR REDWOOD FALLS..DELHI AND ACROSS
THE MINNESOTA RIVER TOWARD OLIVIA AND BIRD ISLAND.
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR OF YOUR
HOME OR BUSINESS. HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO DON`T DRIVE
INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD. ALSO REMEMBER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.
PAULSONWhat 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, May 24, 8:09 AM CDT, 3 hours 19 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL MN
810 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
..... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 CANCELLED .....
THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 312 ISSUED AT 341 AM CDT FOR
PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA
THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE POSTED WATCH AREA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN VERY INTENSE AND MAY YET PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALLS.
..ANTHONY/RND...Special weather statement, May 24, 8:16 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN 815 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 AT 815 AM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING SMALL HAIL...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WERE MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE ENTERING WESTERN STEARNS...NORTHERN SWIFT AND EXTREME NORTHERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AROUND 830 TO 900 AM THIS WEDNESAY MORNING. THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH. TRIPLETT
Special weather statement, May 24, 8:41 AM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 840 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 200 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND QUARTER INCH SIZED HAIL AT ALEXANDRIA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED BETWWN ELBOW LAKE AND GLENWOOD IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE AND INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED FROM PARK RAPIDS IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO ELBOW LAKE AND MORRIS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA..TO JUST NORTH OF MADISON AND JUST NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR..THEN TO PEQUOT LAKES TO NEAR GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA. > MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. SJC
Local storm report, May 24, 9:54 AM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN 955 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...ATTN SELS... STORM DATA FOR STEARNS COUNTY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: 5/24/89...0850 AM CDT...MARBLE TO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY OF SAUK CENTRE MINNESOTA...38 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD MINNESOTA. 5/24/89...0903 AM CDT...GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MELROSA...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD MINNES3OTA. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS WERE RECEIVED. ALL REPORTS OF HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM THE STEARNS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. TRIPLETT/RUBIN
Local storm report, May 24, 9:55 AM CDT, 1 hour 33 minutes before
LOCAL STORM REPORT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN 955 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...ATTN SELS... STORM DATA FOR STEARNS COUNTY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA: 5/24/89...0850 AM CDT...MARBLE TO 3/4 INCH HAIL IN THE CITY OF SAUK CENTRE MINNESOTA...38 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD MINNESOTA. 5/24/89...0903 AM CDT...GOLF BALL HAIL REPORTED IN THE CITY OF MELROSA...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD MINNESOTA. NO REPORTS OF DAMAGING WINDS WERE RECEIVED. 8 ALL REPORTS OF HAIL WERE RECEIVED FROM THE STEARNS COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE. TRIPLETT/RUBIN
Special weather statement, May 24, 10:34 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN 1035 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 200 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON... AT 1025 AM CDT...AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN..WERE LOCATED ACROSS SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL..NORTHWEST..NORTH CENTRAL.EAST CENTRAL..AND A SMALL PART OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. INTENSITY HAD DECREASED SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE 925 AM. THIS AREA WAS LOCATED FROM DETROIT LAKES IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TO SOUTH OF GRAND RAPIDS..NEAR THE TOWN OF HILL CITY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA..TO REDWOOD FALLS THROUGH ELBOW LAKE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTpA..AND BACK TO NEAR DETROIT LAKES MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR. SJC RND
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| May 23, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 50 min |
| May 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 51 min |
| May 24, 5:17 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Sibley | 58 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver | 67 min |
| May 24, 5:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Scott | 52 min |
| May 24, 5:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Nicollet | 42 min |
| May 24, 6:08 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 37 min |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:30 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 30 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1989Every severe thunderstorm warning 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.