Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Warnings in 1989
Tornado Warning 4, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this tornado warning at May 24, 1989, 5:33 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Nicollet County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 5:33 PM CDT (22:33 UTC)
- Expired
- May 24, 1989, 6:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Nicollet 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, 5:45 PM CDT | Tornado F0 | Nicollet, 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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 63 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 KRST 242233
TORRST
MNC079-103-242315-
BULLETIN - EBS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
533 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ROCHESTER HAS ISSUED A
TORNADO WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 615 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
...NORTHERN LE SUEUR...NORTHEASTERN NICOLLET
...THIS TORNADO WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF LE SEUR AND LE CENTER
MINNESOTA...
PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO NEAR NORSELAND MINNESOTA...20 MILES NORTH
OF MANKATO MINNESOTA AT 525 PM CDT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
PRODUCING THIS TORNADO IS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
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.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM SITUATION. ACT QUICKLY. IF YOU ARE
IN THE PATH OF THIS TORNADO MOVE TO A SHELTER BELOW GROUND IF
AVAILABLE. OTHERWISE...GO TO A SMALL INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST
FLOOR POSSIBLE. AVOID WINDOWS. ABANDON CARS AND MOBILE HO5MES
FOR A REINFORCED BUILDING OR GET INTO A DITCH OR CULVERT.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, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 47 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, 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
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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.