Severe Thunderstorm Warning 107, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 17, 1991, 9:54 PM CDT (02:54 UTC)

Expired

Jul 17, 1991, 10:30 PM CDT

In force

36 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, 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.

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MNC085-129-143-180330-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
954 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1030 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...

IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

   ...WESTERN MCLEOD COUNTY...EXTREME EASTERN RENVILLE COUNTY...
AND WESTERN SIBLEY COUNTY...
AT 950 PM RADAR A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS ABOUT 15 MILES EAST-NORTHEAST
OF REDWOOD FALLS BETWEEN FAIRFAX AND HECTOR. THE STORM WAS MOVING
EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR. THE STORM DOWNED NUMEROUS TREES IN
OLIVIA AND BIRD ISLAND AS IT PASSED THROUGH.

SOME TOWNS IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE BUFFALO LAKE...LAKESIDE...
STEWART...GIBBON AND FAIRFAX.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROZTECTION 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.

...CORRECTED TO ADD WESTERN TO SIBLEY AND MCLEOD COUNTIES...

In the hours before

MNZ014-013-011-180045-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
644 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT COVERS MUCH
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE ST CLOUD AREA.

AT 630 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALEXANDRIA AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS
WERE LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 500 PM THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES DOES EXIST WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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MNZ014-013-180345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
944 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 930 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM WEST
OF THE TWIN CITIES TO NEAR REDWOOD FALLS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED JUST NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

AROUND 815 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MONTEVIDEO WHICH IS
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR. AROUND 830 PM NUMEROUS TREES AND
TWO BARNS WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR MONTEVIDEO. ALSO TREES WERE REPORTED
DOWN NEAR MAYNARD WHICH IS 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE SINCE
J9 PM HOWEVER THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS
IN THE WATCHED AREA OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

NNNN

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

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.