Severe Thunderstorm Warning 17, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 22, 1990, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)

Expired

May 22, 1990, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Nicollet County, MN

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

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.

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TTAA00 KRST 222359
SVRRST
MNC015-103-013-230100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ROCHESTER MN
659 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE SOUTH CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      EASTERN BROWN...NICOLLET...NORTHERN BLUE EARTH

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED 35 MILES NORTHWEST OF MANKATO
NEAR WINTHROP AND WAS MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH TOWARD NEW ULM...NICOLL
ET AND MANKATO. THIS STORM HAS A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS.

IF YOU ARE IN AN AREA THREATENED BY THE STORM...GO TO A REINFORCED
SHELTER AND 3PREPARE FOR DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY
RAIN...AND LIGHTNING.

BUSS

In the hours before

MNZ014-015-016-230000-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
520 PM CDT TUE MAY 22 1990

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING THE TWIN CITIES...

A STRONG LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS IS APPROACHING THE TWIN CITIES FROM THE
NORTHWEST.  THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING INTO THE NORTHERN SUBURBS AND
WILL MOVE INTO THE HEART OF THE METRO AREA BETWEEN 6 AND 6:30 P.M.

EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED 60 MILE AN HOUR
WINDS AT ALEXNDRIA AND SHINGLES WERE BLOWN OFF THE ROOF OF A HOUSE
AND AN ANTENNA DOWNED AT NEW LONDON...WHICH IS 35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ST CLOUD.

AS THE STORMS MOVES INTO THE METRO AREA STRONG WINDS IN EXCESS OF
50 MILES AN HOUR...HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND LIGHTNING ARE LIKELY.

OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE CURTAILED AND BOATERS SHOULD REMAIN
OFF OF AREA LAKES UNTIL THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER PASSES.

THE LINE OF STORMS IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR AND
SHOULD BE THROUGH THE NORTHERN METRO AREA BEFORE 7 P.M.

JLC

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1990Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1990

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.