Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 28, 1991, 10:27 PM CDT (03:27 UTC)

Expired

May 28, 1991, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Scott 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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MNC019-053-139-290415-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1027 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1130 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...EASTERN CARVER COUNTY...HENNEPIN COUNTY...SCOTT COUNTY
 
AT 1025 PM A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WITH A HISTORY OF PRODUCING
DAMAGING HAIL EXTENDED FROM THE NORTHWEST BORDER OF HENNEPIN COUNTY TO
WACONIA IN CARVER COUNTY TO GAYLORD IN SIBLEY COUNTY. THIS LINE OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 25 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THIS LINE OF STORMS MOVING TO THE
EAST-NORTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR. SOME CITIES UNDER THE THREAT
OF THESE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS INCLUDE CHANHASSEN..MOUND..BROOKLYN PARK..
BLOOMINGTON..JORDON..SHAKOPEE AND MINNEAPOLIS.
 
 
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.

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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MNZ014-290215-

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

...A TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT UNTIL 11 PM...

AT 815 PM THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE SMALL HAIL...AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE LOCATED 20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR NEAR
CLARA CITY.  ALSO OTHER THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM LITCHFIELD IN
MEEKER COUNTY TO BECKER IN SHERBURNE COUNTY.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHGEAST AT 40 MPH AND WILL BE IN THE
CITIES OF ANNANDALE...MONTICELLO..AND BIG LAKE BY 845 PM.

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.