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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 53, NWS Grand Forks, ND

June 26, 1991Pennington County, Red Lake County, Minnesota

NWS Grand Forks, ND issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 26, 1991, 7:33 AM CDT for Pennington County, Red Lake County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jun 26, 1991, 7:33 AM CDT (12:33 UTC)
Expired: Jun 26, 1991, 8:20 AM CDT
In force: 47 min
Issued by: NWS Grand Forks, ND
Area: Whole counties

Counties Pennington County, MN, Red Lake 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, 2:43 AM CDT, 4 hours 50 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, 3 hours 57 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

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 4:42 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:01 AM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes before

STORM REPORTS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FARGO ND
500 AM CDT WED JUN 26 1991

TIME      EVENT
450AM     LATE REPORT ON POSSIBLE TORNADO THAT HIT THE CITY OF WARREN
          MN IN SOUTHWEST MARSHALL COUNTY_ AROUND 230 AM. NUMEROUS TREES
          DOWN ALONG WITH SOME ROOF DAMAGE.

Local storm report, Jun 26, 5:41 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 26, 7:21 AM CDT, 12 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 26, 2:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Lake of the Woods, Roseau	40 min
Jun 26, 3:10 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Lake of the Woods, Roseau	65 min
Jun 26, 4:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Koochiching, Lake of the Woods	55 min
Jun 26, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	59 min
Jun 26, 7:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Polk	60 min
Jun 26, 7:32 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	58 min
Jun 26, 8:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Beltrami, Clearwater	55 min
Jun 26, 8:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Koochiching	31 min
Jun 26, 9:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Koochiching	61 min
Jun 26, 5:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	FGF	Griggs, Steele	62 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1991 Every 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.