Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 13, 1991, 1:25 PM CDT (18:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 13, 1991, 2:15 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Pierce County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
125 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING     EFFECTIVE UNTIL  215 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS...
 
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
 
   ...WESTERN PIERCE COUNTY...ST CROIX COUNTY
 
...AT 120 PM CDT..58 MPH WINDS WERE REPORTED IN A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
IN SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA..ABOUT 15
MILES SOUTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN ST. PAUL.
 
THE MOVEMENT ON THIS STORM IS NORTH NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH WHICH WOULD
CARRY IT ACROSS PRESCOTT..RIVER FALLS IN PIERCE COUNTY AND HUDSON
IN ST. CROIX COUNTY BY 215 PM CDT THIS THURSDAY.
 
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.
 
IF YOU ARE CAUGHT OUTSIDE...SEEK SHELTER FROM THE WEATHER IN A
STRONG BUILDING.  DAMAGING WIND...LARGE HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN...0
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING ARE ALL POSSIBLE. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE ADVANCE WARNING

In the hours before

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1225 PM CDT THU JUN 13 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER PORTIONS OF TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITIAN AREA...

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE DEVELOPING VERY RAPIDLY
IN AN ENVIRONMENT OF EXPLOSIVE PROPORTIONS. STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS
WERE SITUTATED ON THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF THE DOWNTOWN AREA ACROSS
WESTERN HENNEPIN AND EASTERN WRIGHT COUNTIES. THESE STORMS DEFINATELY
HAVE THE POTIENTAL FOR HEAVY DOWNPOURS AND MAY PRODUCE SOME HAIL.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE ALSO INDICATED WITH THESE STORMS. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS ELEMENTS HAVE BEEN CONFIRMED BY HENNEPIN COUNTY LAW
ENFORCEMENT.

ADDITIONAL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO DEVELOP SOUTH OF THE METROPOLITIAN
AREA AND WILL BE ENTERING SOUTHERN SCOTT COUNTY BY 1230 PM CDT. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE INTO CARVER COUNTY...THE SITE OF THE U.S. OPEN.
HAIL...FREQUENT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...STRONG WINDS AND VERY HEAVY
RAINS WILL BE POSSIBLE OVER PORTIONS OF CARVER COUNTY BY 1245 PM.
BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
RND

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.