Severe Thunderstorm Warning 28, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 28, 1991, 8:12 PM CDT (01:12 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 1991, 9:00 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Redwood 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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TTAA00 KMSP 290110
SVRMSP
MNC127-290200-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
812 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  900 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATION...
 
IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA
 
   ...REDWOOD COUNTY
 
AT 8 09 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM ABOUT TO MOVE
INTO WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY. PASS HISTORY ON THIS STORM INDICATES THAT
LARGE HAIL WILL BE LIKELY AS IT MOVES THROUGH THE COUNTY.
 
SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE MILROY REDWOOD FALLS AND
LAMBERTON.
 
THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR AND WILL BE NEAR
THE MILROY VICINITY BY 825 PM.
 
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.
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITT?LE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
DWE/RND

In the hours before

MNZ013-290030-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
622 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11 PM...

AT 620 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN EAST CENTRAL SOUTH DAKOTA EAST OF
HURON. THE STORMS WERE MOVING RAPIDLY TO THE EAST NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA IN THE COUNTIES OF LAC QUI PARLE AND
YELLOW MEDICINE SHOULD STAY ALERT TO THE POSSIBILTY OF SEVERE WEATHER
ENTERING THE COUNTIES BY 7 PM CDT.

SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS ARE CANBY...MARIETTA...MADISON
...DAWSON...AND ST LEO.

KRUSE

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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.