Alert archive / Minnesota / Tornado Watches in 1999
Tornado Watch 408
The Storm Prediction Center issued this tornado watch at Jun 6, 1999, 5:15 PM CDT for 50 counties in Minnesota; 14 counties in Wisconsin. It was in force for 7 hr.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Jun 6, 1999, 5:15 PM CDT (22:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 7, 1999, 12:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 7 hr
- Issued by
- the Storm Prediction Center
All 64 counties
Aitkin County, MN, Anoka County, MN, Beltrami County, MN, Benton County, MN, Blue Earth County, MN, Carlton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Cass County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Crow Wing County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Dodge County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Fillmore County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Houston County, MN, Hubbard County, MN, Isanti County, MN, Itasca County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Koochiching County, MN, Lake of the Woods County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Mower County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Olmsted County, MN, Pine County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Saint Louis County, MN, Scott County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Steele County, MN, Todd County, MN, Wabasha County, MN, Wadena County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Washington County, MN, Watonwan County, MN, Winona County, MN, Wright County, MN, Barron County, WI, Buffalo County, WI, Burnett County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Douglas County, WI, Dunn County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI, La Crosse County, WI, Pepin County, WI, Pierce County, WI, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI, Trempealeau County, WI, Washburn County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 52 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
Warnings issued inside it
39 tornado, severe thunderstorm and flash flood warnings for its counties while it was in force.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Dodge, Olmsted | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 5:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Scott | 24 min |
| Jun 6, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Lake of the Woods | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 47 min |
| Jun 6, 5:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Wright | 45 min |
| Jun 6, 5:31 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore | 64 min |
| Jun 6, 5:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass | 55 min |
| Jun 6, 5:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 5:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo, Trempealeau | 32 min |
| Jun 6, 5:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 28 min |
| Jun 6, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Wabasha, Winona | 62 min |
| Jun 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 54 min |
| Jun 6, 5:51 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 39 min |
| Jun 6, 6:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 26 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, McLeod, Sherburne, Wright | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sibley | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 43 min |
| Jun 6, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 68 min |
| Jun 6, 6:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 6:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin, Pierce | 35 min |
| Jun 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Koochiching, Saint Louis | 38 min |
| Jun 6, 6:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 53 min |
| Jun 6, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Saint Croix | 52 min |
| Jun 6, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 6:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 66 min |
| Jun 6, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 30 min |
| Jun 6, 7:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 59 min |
| Jun 6, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 56 min |
| Jun 6, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Itasca | 57 min |
| Jun 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Saint Louis | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 8:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Douglas | 60 min |
| Jun 6, 8:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Fillmore, Mower | 61 min |
| Jun 6, 8:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Houston, Winona | 65 min |
| Jun 6, 9:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | Buffalo | 50 min |
| Jun 6, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 29 min |
| Jun 6, 9:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | ARX | La Crosse, Trempealeau | 61 min |
The text
The text of this product is not in the archive. The NWS text archive before 2002 is incomplete.
SPC that day
Everything else SPC issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 5, 7:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Anoka, Blue Earth, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Dodge and 20 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Big Stone, Brown, Chippewa, Cottonwood, Jackson, Kandiyohi and 19 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Freeborn, Houston, Mower, Winona | 4 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Wabasha | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Becker, Benton, Big Stone, Cass, Clay, Crow Wing and 20 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:30 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard and 10 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Fillmore, Houston, Wabasha, Winona | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:00 PM CDT | Tornado Watch | SPC | Aitkin, Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver and 32 more | 5 hr |
| Jun 6, 2:30 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Brown, Calumet, Columbia, Dane, Dodge, Door and 21 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 6, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Watch | SPC | Ashland, Barron, Bayfield, Door, Florence, Forest and 11 more | 6 hr |
Nearby
Tornado Watches in Minnesota, 1999Tornado Watches in Wisconsin, 1999Every tornado watch in 1999
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.