Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991

Severe Thunderstorm Warning 48, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 26, 1991Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1991, 4:20 AM CDT for Beltrami County, Koochiching County, Lake of the Woods County, Minnesota. It was in force for 55 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 26, 1991, 4:20 AM CDT (09:20 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 1991, 5:15 AM CDT
In force
55 min
Issued by
NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area
Whole counties

Counties Beltrami County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN

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 26, 12:43 AM CDT, 3 hours 37 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260645-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
1240 AM CDT WED JUN 26 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PART
   OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 500 AM CDT...

AT 1227 AM CDT...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER PARTS OF
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED JUST NORTH OF GRAND FORKS
...40 MILES NORTHWEST OF JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA...AND 55 MILES NORTH
OF THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG
WIND GUSTS..AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING STRIKES.

MOVMENT OF THE STORMS WAS NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORMS
WILL NEAR THE TOWNS OF MCHENRY NORTH DAKOTA...40 MILES NORTH OF
JAMESTOWN...AND KARLSTAD MINNESOTA...35 MILES NORTHWEST OF
THIEF RIVER FALLS BY 130 AM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR ONE OF THE TOWNS MENTIONED...YOU SHOULD
BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF THE ABOVE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

KEEP IN MIND THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND STAY TUNED
FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...AND POSSIBLE
WARNINGS...ON YOUR LOHCAL TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER RADIO
STATIONS.

DM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260745-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
137 AM CDT WED JUN 26 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND PART
   OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 500 AM CDT...

AT 127 AM CDT...ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER PARTS
OF NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

THE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED 45 MILES WEST OF GRAND FORKS
NORTH DAKOTA...20 MILES NORTHWEST AND 50 MILES NORTH OF
THIEF RIVER FALLS MINNESOTA.

IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY RAIN THESE STORMS COULD PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG
WIND GUSTS..AND FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTING STRIKES.

AT 125 AM CDT PEA TO MARBLE SIZE HAIL FELL AT LAKOTA NORTH DAKOTA...45
MILES WEST OF GRAND FORKS.
MOVEMENT WAS NORTH EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.  THE STORMS WILL BE
NEAR GRAFTON NORTH DAKOTA...MALUNG AND WARROAD MINNESOTA BY
230 AM CDT.

IF YOU ARE IN OR NEAR ONE OF THE CITIES OR TOWNS MENTIONED...YOU
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBLITY OF THE ABOVE WEATHER CONDITIONS.

KEEP IN MIND THE THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH AND STAY TUNED
FOR FURTHER UPDATES ON THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...AS WELL AS...
POSSIBLE WARNINGS...ON YOUR LOCAL TV...RADIO...AND NOAA WEATHER
RADIO STATIONS.

OTHER SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS AND RAIN SHOWERS WERE ALSO OVER
EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.  THE THUNDERSTORMS
AND SHOWERS EXTENDED FROM NEAR JAMESTOWN NORTH DAKOTA TO NEAR
WARROAD MINNESOTA.  THESE WERE ALSO MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MILES
AN HOUR.

DM
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 2:43 AM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260845-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
240 AM CDT WED JUN 26 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHWEST MINNESOTA
   UNTIL 5 AM...BUT HAS BEEN CANCELED FOR EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA...

AT 225 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OVER
THE CENTRAL AND NORTHERN RED RIVER VALLEY.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS 25 MILES NORTHEAST OF GRAND FORKS IN
EXTREME SOUTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA NEAR THE TOWNS
OF ARGYLE AND OSLO. THIS INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WILL LIKELY PRODUCE SMALL
HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN ALONG WITH DEADLY LIGHTNING AS IT MOVES EAST AT
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR. THIS THUNDERSTORM SHOULD MOVE EAST ACROSS SOUTHERN
MARSHALL COUNTY OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY 330 AM.

OTHER SCATTERED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING
OVER A 15 TO 20 MILE WIDE AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF FARGO/MOORHEAD
NORTHWARD THROUGH THE CROOKSTON AREA OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR
AND MUCH OF THIS AREA SHOULD MOVE INTO NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BY
330 AM.

PERSONS OVER NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...ESPECIALLY IN AN AREA FROM
WARROAD...SOUTHWEST THROUGH THIEF RIVER FALLS AND INTO THE ADA
AREA CAN EXPECT THESE THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH 330 AM.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS WERE OCCURRING OVER
EXTREME NORTHEAST NORTH DAKOTA AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA.

STAY TUNED FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS
POTENIALLY SEVERE WEATHER.
SPIES
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:36 AM CDT, 44 minutes before
NDZ012-013-014-015-016-017-018-MNZ001-006-007-010-011-013-260930-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
335 AM CDT WED JUN 26 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR A PORTION OF
   NORTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 AM CDT...

AT 326 AM CDT...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH VERY STRONG WIND...
VERY HEAVY RAIN...SMALL HAIL AND DEADLY LIGHTNING WERE MOVING INTO
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MOST OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAD MOVED INTO ROSEAU...NORTHERN BELTRAMI
AND LAKE OF THE WOODS COUNTIES OF NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 45 MILES AN HOUR AND PERSONS OVER THIS AREA AND THE LAKE
OF THE WOODS CAN EXPECT THESE STORMS THROUGH 4 AM.

THERE WERE A FEW SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSHOWERS THAT WERE
LINGERING OVER A SMALL PART OF NORTHWEST MINNESOTA BUT AREAL COVERAGE
HAD DECREASED CONSIDERABLY SINCE 230 AM.
.
THIS WILL BE THE LAST STATEMENT ON THIS ACTIVITY MOVING INTO
NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNLESS FURTHER ACTIVITY DEVELOPS.
SPIES

The office that day

Everything else NWS Grand Forks, ND issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 26, 2:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFLake of the Woods, Roseau40 min
Jun 26, 3:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau65 min
Jun 26, 6:01 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk59 min
Jun 26, 7:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPolk60 min
Jun 26, 7:32 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater58 min
Jun 26, 7:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFPennington, Red Lake47 min
Jun 26, 8:35 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFBeltrami, Clearwater55 min
Jun 26, 8:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching31 min
Jun 26, 9:44 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFKoochiching61 min
Jun 26, 5:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningFGFGriggs, Steele62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1991Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1991

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text.