Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in 1997
Severe Thunderstorm Warning 74, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 29, 1997, 1:14 AM CDT for Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 29, 1997, 1:14 AM CDT (06:14 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 1997, 2:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Area
- Whole counties
Counties Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:30 AM CDT | Hail 0.75 | Cosmos, MN | 5 inches of rain also reported. |
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.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 947 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 56 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 42 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 318 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 3.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
937
WUUS1 KMSP 290615
SVRMSP
MNC093-145-290715-
BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
114 AM CDT SUN JUN 29 1997
* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
MEEKER COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
SOUTHERN STEARNS COUNTY - CENTRAL MINNESOTA
* UNTIL 215 AM CDT
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
EDEN VALLEY
WATKINS
KIMBALL
LITCHFIELD
* AT 105 AM CDT SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTER REPORTED A SEVERE STORM
WITH LARGE HAIL IN PAYNESVILLE...OR 30 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WILLMAR. THE STORM WAS MOVING EAST-SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH LARGE HAIL. STAY INDOORS AWAY
FROM WINDOWS.
MCBEATH PETERS
&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
Local storm report, Jun 28, 9:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 52 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY OF MOST REPORTS TODAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
925 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 AM 1 NW LINCOLN MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 TODD
0615 AM FLENSBURG MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MORRISON
0628 AM 14 W LITTLE FALLS MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MORRISON
0705 AM LITTLE FALLS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 MORRISON 2 INCH LIMBS DOWN
0725 AM RICE MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 BENTON
0725 AM 3 N SAUK RAPIDS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 BENTON POWER LINES DOWN
0855 AM BROOKLYN PARK MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 HENNEPIN
0855 AM COON RAPIDS MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 ANOKA
0925 AM MOUNDS VIEW MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RAMSEY
0956 AM ST PAUL MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RAMSEY
1004 AM WOODBURY MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 WASHINGTON 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN
1005 AM NEW RICHMOND ARPT WI 63 MPH TSTM GUST
06/28/97 ST CROIX
1015 AM WOODBURY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 WASHINGTON
1225 PM MORRIS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 STEVENS TREES DOWN
0125 PM 2 W WILLMAR MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 KANDIYOHI ROOF OFF BUILDING
0150 PM RANDALL MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 MORRISON TREES DOWN
0210 PM PAYNESVILLE MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 STEARNS TREES DOWN
0240 PM FAIRFAX MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 RENVILLE TREES DOWN
0240 PM 4 NE FAIRFAX MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RENVILLE
0245 PM 1 N HUTCHINSON MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 MCLEOD TREES DOWN
0330 PM 5 E NORTH BRANCH MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 CHISAGO TREES DOWN
0345 PM RAMSEY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 ANOKA
0413 PM 1 W EAU CLAIRE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 EAU CLAIRE SIDING TORN OFF BUILDING
0500 PM CANNON FALLS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 GOODHUE LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
0515 PM 3 SE RUSKIN MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RICE
0610 PM TRUMAN MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MARTIN
0615 PM 6 SE MAPLETON MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 BLUE EARTH
0620 PM DELAVAN MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 FARIBAULT
0640 PM 6 NE NEW LONDON MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 KANDIYOHI
0713 PM 10 S WILLMAR MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 KANDIYOHI
0715 PM LESTER PRAIRIE MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MCLEOD
0800 PM 6 S COSMOS MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RENVILLE
0827 PM 2 NE WINTHROP MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 SIBLEY
KRAUSELocal storm report, Jun 28, 9:25 PM CDT, 3 hours 49 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY OF MOST REPORTS TODAY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MINNESOTA
925 PM CDT SAT JUN 28 1997
TIME(CDT) .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE ...EVENT/REMARKS...
....COUNTY LOCATION....
0540 AM 1 NW LINCOLN MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 TODD
0615 AM FLENSBURG MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MORRISON
0628 AM 14 W LITTLE FALLS MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MORRISON
0705 AM LITTLE FALLS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 MORRISON 2 INCH LIMBS DOWN
0725 AM RICE MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 BENTON
0725 AM 3 N SAUK RAPIDS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 BENTON POWER LINES DOWN
0855 AM BROOKLYN PARK MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 HENNEPIN
0855 AM COON RAPIDS MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 ANOKA
0925 AM MOUNDS VIEW MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RAMSEY
0956 AM ST PAUL MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RAMSEY
1004 AM WOODBURY MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 WASHINGTON 4 INCH TREE LIMBS DOWN
1005 AM NEW RICHMOND ARPT WI 63 MPH TSTM GUST
06/28/97 ST CROIX
1015 AM WOODBURY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 WASHINGTON
1225 PM MORRIS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 STEVENS TREES DOWN
0125 PM 2 W WILLMAR MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 KANDIYOHI ROOF OFF BUILDING
0150 PM RANDALL MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 MORRISON TREES DOWN
0210 PM PAYNESVILLE MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 STEARNS TREES DOWN
0240 PM FAIRFAX MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 RENVILLE TREES DOWN
0240 PM 4 NE FAIRFAX MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RENVILLE
0245 PM 1 N HUTCHINSON MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 MCLEOD TREES DOWN
0330 PM 5 E NORTH BRANCH MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 CHISAGO TREES DOWN
0345 PM RAMSEY MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 ANOKA
0413 PM 1 W EAU CLAIRE WI WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 EAU CLAIRE SIDING TORN OFF BUILDING
0500 PM CANNON FALLS MN WIND DAMAGE
06/28/97 GOODHUE LARGE BRANCHES DOWN
0515 PM 3 SE RUSKIN MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RICE
0610 PM TRUMAN MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MARTIN
0615 PM 6 SE MAPLETON MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 BLUE EARTH
0620 PM DELAVAN MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 FARIBAULT
0640 PM 6 NE NEW LONDON MN 1 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 KANDIYOHI
0713 PM 10 S WILLMAR MN 1.75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 KANDIYOHI
0715 PM LESTER PRAIRIE MN .88 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 MCLEOD
0800 PM 6 S COSMOS MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 RENVILLE
0827 PM 2 NE WINTHROP MN .75 INCH HAIL
06/28/97 SIBLEY
KRAUSEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 28, 7:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville | 47 min |
| Jun 28, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville, Sibley | 38 min |
| Jun 28, 9:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet | 58 min |
| Jun 28, 9:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 51 min |
| Jun 28, 10:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Jun 28, 10:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 52 min |
| Jun 28, 11:54 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod | 3 hr |
| Jun 29, 12:16 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 44 min |
| Jun 29, 2:47 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod | 2 hr |
| Jun 29, 3:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Renville, Sibley | 54 min |
Nearby
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1997Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1997
Sources
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; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.