Severe Thunderstorm Warning 46, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

May 28, 1991, 11:35 PM CDT (04:35 UTC)

Expired

May 29, 1991, 12:30 AM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Barron County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

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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WIC005-093-109-290530-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1135 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1215 AM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
 
   ...BARRON COUNTY...PIERCE COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY
 
AT 1115 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED ACROSS NORTHERN BARRON
COUNTY JUST WEST OF RICE LAKE OR ABOUT 30 MILES NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE.
THIS STORM HAS PRODUCED DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL IN THE TOWN OF
CUMBERLAND. ADDITIONAL SEVERE STORMS WERE CROSSING THE ST CROIX RIVER
INTO ST CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES. THESE STORMS WERE 20 MILES EAST OF
DOWNTOWN ST PAUL.
 
WEATHER RADAR INDICATED THE MOVMENT OF THESE STORMS TO THE EAST AT 25 TO
30 MILES PER HOUR. SOME CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE
BARRON..RICE LAKE AND CANTON IN BARRON COUNTY. IN ST CROIX COUNTY CITIES
UNDER THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER INCLUDE HUDSON..NEW RICHMOND AND
GLENWOOD CITY. IN PIERCE COUNTY THE CITIES OF PRESCOTT AND ELLSWORTH ARE
NPATH OF THE APPROACHING STORMS.
 
 
 
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

NNNN

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

NNNN

MNZALL-290500-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1045 PM CDT TUE MAY 28 1991

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 416 EXTENDED UNTIL MIDNIGHT FOR PARTS OF
SOUTHEAST...SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS EXTENDED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 416
FOR PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA UNTIL MIDNIGHT.
THE AREA THAT STILL REMAINS IN THE WATCH IS EAST OF A LINE FROM MORA
TO MANKATO TO BLUE EARTH. THIS INCLUDES THE ENTIRE TWIN CITY METRO
AREA. THE REST OF THE WATCH WILL EXPIRE AT 11 PM.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 419 IS STILL IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR EXTREME
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.