Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1991
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 57, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at May 29, 1991, 3:58 AM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 min.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 29, 1991, 3:58 AM CDT (08:58 UTC)
- Expired
- May 29, 1991, 4:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KSTC), launched 00:00Z, 9.0 hours before the alert went out and 93 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 674 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -182 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 903 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 48 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 31 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 244 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
000 TTAA00 KSTC 290902 COR SVRSTC MNC093-145-290930- BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED...CORRECTED FOR TIME.. SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 358 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 AM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS... IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ...NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTY...EASTERN STEARNS COUNTY INCLUDING THE CITIES OF KIMBALL...KINGSTON...WATKINS...COLD SPRING AND ST CLOUD. AT 358 AM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED 30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ST CLOUD MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTH NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SE!EK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A STRONG BUILDING. DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN... AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE IN SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. STAY INSIDE AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED. NNNN
What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 29, 12:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 24 minutes before
MNZ013-290630- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 1234 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 5 AM... AT 1230 AM THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY NEAR MADISON AND IN SWIFT COUNTY NEAR BENSON. AT 1217 AM THE CITY OF MADISON...55 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR REPORTED 3/4 INCH SIZE HAIL. SINCE THAT RECPORT THE STORMS HAVE WEAKENED SOME WHAT BUT STILL COULD REDEVELOP QUICKLY. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 29, 1:15 AM CDT, 2 hours 43 minutes before
MNZ014-013-290715- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 115 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM FOR THE SOUTHERN THIRD OF MINNESOTA... AT 115 AM CDT A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH BRIEF HEAVY RAIN...POSSIBLE HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING WERE IN NORTHERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND EXTENDED NORTHEAST TO ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST THUNDERS&TORM WAS NEAR BROOTEN...45 MILES WEST OF ST CL;OUD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 45 MPH. THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL REACH ELROSA BY 125 AM CDT AND ALBANY BY 140 AM CDT. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 29, 2:30 AM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before
MNZ019-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN 230 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 419 HAS BEEN CANCELLED FOR EXTREME SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES HAVE BEEN DROPPED FROM THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #419...WABASHA...OLMSTEAD...WINONA...FILLMORE...AND HOUSTON. HOWEVER...A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH #423 HAS JUST BEEN ISSUED FOR A LARGE PART OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. PLEASE LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS ON THIS NEW WATCH. ALSO...THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 6 AM. ANOTHER ONE OR TWO INCHES ARE STILL POSSIBLE THE REST OF TONIGHT OVER RAIN SOAKED GROUND. BE CAREFUL OUT THERE. TDK
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:04 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
MNZ014-013-011-012-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 304 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER MILLE LACS LAKE... AT 3025 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF MILLE LACS LAKE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF STORMS WHICH EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO LITTLE FALLS AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST TO BROOTEN...45 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVINGR NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND ARE LIKELY TO DROP MORE ALONG THEIR PATH. ALSO BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. NNNN
Special weather statement, May 29, 3:08 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
MNZ014-013-011-012-290900- SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR TIME NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA 304 AM CDT WED MAY 29 1991 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVE OVER MILLE LACS LAKE... AT 302 AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED ALONG THE SOUTH SHORE OF MILLE LACS LAKE. THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PART OF A LARGE AREA OF STORMS WHICH EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO LITTLE FALLS AND CONTINUED SOUTHWEST TO BROOTEN...45 MILES WEST OF ST CLOUD.S THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED SMALL HAIL AND ARE LIKELY TO DROP MORE ALONG THEIR PATH. ALSO BRIEF GUSTY WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAIN CAN BE EXPECTED. NNNN
Local storm report, May 29, 3:13 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
310 AM CST WED MAY 29 1991
ATTENTION SELS...
...PRELIMINARY REPORT...
TIME(CST) REPORT/CO.
************ **********
2320-2350 CST CHIPPEWA COUNTY...STRONG WINDS CAUSED WIDESPREAD DAMAGEY
FROM BLOOMER TO CORNELL...MUCH OF THE AREA WITHOUT
POWER...DAMAGE MAINLY TREES AND POWER LINES DOWNED.
A FEW TREES DOWN WEST OF _CHIPPEWA FALLS.
RNDThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 28, 8:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 48 min |
| May 28, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi | 49 min |
| May 28, 8:28 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Redwood | 32 min |
| May 28, 8:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 54 min |
| May 28, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 21 min |
| May 28, 8:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 46 min |
| May 28, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 43 min |
| May 28, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 50 min |
| May 28, 9:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 50 min |
| May 28, 10:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver | 43 min |
| May 28, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 35 min |
| May 28, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown | 30 min |
| May 28, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 40 min |
| May 28, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 48 min |
| May 28, 10:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur | 27 min |
| May 28, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 63 min |
| May 28, 10:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 63 min |
| May 28, 11:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rice | 49 min |
| May 28, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 36 min |
| May 29, 1:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 53 min |
| May 29, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 27 min |
| May 29, 3:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 35 min |
| May 29, 3:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 37 min |
| May 29, 3:53 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 22 min |
Nearby
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.