Severe Thunderstorm Warning 63, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 9, 1991, 2:14 PM CDT (19:14 UTC)

Expired

Jun 9, 1991, 2:45 PM CDT

In force

31 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Swift 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 KSTC 091914
SVRSTC
MNC023-073-151-091945-
 
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
214 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN ST CLOUD MINNESOTA   HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL  245 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
 
   ...WESTERN CHIPPEWA COUNTY...EASTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY
   ...WESTERN SWIFT COUNTY
 
AT 2 10 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...LARGE HAIL
AND DAMAGING WINDS WAS LOCATED 55 MILES WEST OF WILLMAR MINNESOTA
OVER THE CITY OF MADISON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY.
 
THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH AND WILL MOVE OVER THE
TOWNS OF APPLETON IN SWIFT COUNTY AND MILAN IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY BETWEEN
2 15 AND 2 45 PM CDT.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK 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.
 
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In the hours before

MNZ013-091945-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
149 PM CDT SUN JUN 9 1991

AT 1 45 PM CDT A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN AND POSSIBLE
LARGE HAIL WAS JUST CROSSING FROM SOUTH DAKOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA NEAR THE TOWN OF MARIETTA IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY. NO
SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN REPORTED FROM THIS THUNDERSTORM BUT THE
STORMS APPEARANCE ON RADAR SHOWS THAT IT COULD EASILY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL.

THIS THUNDERSTORM WILL MOVE EAST NORTHEAST AT ABOUT 25 MPH. BETWEEN
2 AND 2 30 PM CDT THE STORM WILL MOVE OVER THE TOWNS OF MADISON AND
DAWSON IN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTY...AND POSSIBLY REACH MILAN IN CHIPPEWA
COUNTY.

PEOPLE IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD BE VERY ALERT FOR THE REST
OF THE AFTERNOON. THOSE OUT ON AREA LAKES SHOULD BE READY TO HEAD
TO SHORE IF THE SKY BECOMES THREATENING. LIGHTNING WILL ALSO BE A
BIG DANGER WITH THESE STORMS. GET INSIDE WHEN THE STOMRS APPROACH
YOUR AREA.

W`DV

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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.