Severe Thunderstorm Warning 12, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 27, 1991, 12:29 AM CDT (05:29 UTC)

Expired

May 27, 1991, 1:15 AM CDT

In force

46 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Wright 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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MNC171-019-053-270615-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING 
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1229 AM CDT MON MAY 27 1991

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 115 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES

   IN THE CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      SOUTHERN WRIGHT...

   IN THE EAST CENTRAL PART OF MINNESOTA
      NORTHERN CARVER...WESTERN HENNEPIN...

AT 1230 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
NEAR THE CITY OF WACONIA OR 25 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST..NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

COME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE DELANO..WATERTOWN..
..WACONIA AND ORONO..

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...
DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. FOR YOUR
PROTECTION 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. ALSO REMEMBER SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.

JPR

In the hours before

MNZ015-016-270400

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1020 PM SUN MAY 26 1991

...THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING JUST SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITES METRO AREA...

SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED DURING THE PAST 15 MINUTES
SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA. THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WERE LOCATED IN SOUTHERN SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES OR ABOUT 20 MILES
SOUTH OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST PAUL.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL LIKELY MOVE EAST..NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 20 MPH
AND AFFECT THE COMMUNITIES OF JORDAN..PRIOR LAKE..FARMINGTON...AND HASTINGS
BETWEEN 1030 AND 1100 PM.

BREIF VERY HEAVY RAIN..DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..GUSTY WINDS AND POSSIBLY SMALL
HAIL CAN BE iEXPECTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.
JPR

MNZ015-016-270600

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1130 PM SUN MAY 26 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA OF THE
TWIN CITIES..

A NARROW LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS SOME WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN EXTENDED ACROSS
THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS THE TWIN CITIES GENERALLY THROUGH THE CENTRAL PARTS
OF SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTY. THIS WOULD BE 20 TO 25 MILES SOUTH AND
SOUTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE ABOUT ABOUT 60 MILES
WEST OF THE CITIES. NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIVED WITH
THIS ACTIVITY BUT VERY HEAVY RAIN..GUSTY WINDS UP TO 40 MPH AND
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING CAN BE EXPECTED.

AS ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH THE TWIN CITIES FROM THE WEST BY
ABOUT 1230 AM..SOME LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY OCCUR. SINCE SOME AREAS
RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS LAST NIGHT..SOME MINOR URBAN FLOODING MAY OCCUR
SUCH AS STANDING WATER ON HIGHWAYS AND HIGHWAY UNDERPASSES FILLING
WITH WATER.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO SLOW DOWN AND BE ALERT FOR PONDING OF WATER.
JPR

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.