Alert archive / Minnesota / Severe Thunderstorm Warnings / 1989
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, May 1989
54 severe thunderstorm warnings in May 1989. An alert counts here when it covered any part of the state, so the counties below add up to more than the state. The archive of severe thunderstorm warnings reaches back to 1986.
Severe Thunderstorm Warnings by county
Each county as a circle sized by its count in May 1989. Tap one for its archive.
- Severe Thunderstorm Warnings
- 54
- Busiest day
- May 24, 198922 severe thunderstorm warnings
Over time
By day
Days in UTC, the clock the archive keeps.
The alerts
Every alert, in the order issued. Times are local, Central Time. Each opens its own page with the text, the map, the radar and the sounding.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 4, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 61 min |
| May 23, 2:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 26 min |
| May 23, 6:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice | 43 min |
| May 23, 6:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 36 min |
| May 23, 6:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota | 31 min |
| May 23, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| May 23, 6:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 35 min |
| May 23, 7:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Olmsted | 42 min |
| May 23, 7:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 39 min |
| May 23, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Rock | 48 min |
| May 23, 7:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 38 min |
| May 23, 7:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Nobles | 37 min |
| May 23, 8:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 51 min |
| May 23, 9:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 49 min |
| May 24, 8:58 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 47 min |
| May 24, 11:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 50 min |
| May 24, 11:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 47 min |
| May 24, 12:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Cass, Crow Wing | 56 min |
| May 24, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 66 min |
| May 24, 1:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 25 min |
| May 24, 2:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 24, 3:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Pine | 47 min |
| May 24, 3:24 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 66 min |
| May 24, 4:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dodge, Mower, Olmsted | 27 min |
| May 24, 4:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 36 min |
| May 24, 5:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod | 51 min |
| May 24, 6:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Aitkin | 38 min |
| May 24, 6:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Saint Louis | 39 min |
| May 24, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
| May 24, 7:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | DLH | Carlton, Pine | 31 min |
| May 29, 10:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 64 min |
| May 29, 11:15 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Otter Tail | 60 min |
| May 29, 11:48 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 17 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stearns | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Todd | 62 min |
| May 29, 12:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FGF | Wilkin | 69 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs | 28 min |
| May 29, 12:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 68 min |
| May 29, 1:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton | 69 min |
| May 29, 1:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 46 min |
| May 29, 2:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 27 min |
| May 29, 2:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 61 min |
| May 29, 3:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 30 min |
| May 29, 3:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 38 min |
| May 29, 3:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 29, 3:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 37 min |
| May 29, 4:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Winona | 37 min |
| May 29, 9:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 29, 10:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wabasha | 40 min |
| May 30, 5:01 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FSD | Murray, Nobles | 29 min |
| May 30, 7:22 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 53 min |
| May 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 66 min |
| May 30, 8:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Mower | 66 min |
| May 30, 9:07 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Fillmore, Mower | 53 min |
By county
Every county with at least one alert. A county page lists each alert that covered it.
- Faribault County6
- Martin County4
- Nobles County4
- Carver County4
- Hennepin County4
- Goodhue County3
- Pine County3
- Morrison County3
- Mower County3
- Freeborn County2
- Rock County2
- Dodge County2
- Olmsted County2
- Wright County2
- Stearns County2
- Redwood County2
- Renville County2
- Aitkin County2
- Benton County2
- Saint Louis County2
- Winona County2
- McLeod County2
- Wilkin County2
- Todd County2
- Anoka County2
- Wabasha County2
- Blue Earth County1
- Rice County1
- Dakota County1
- Cass County1
- Crow Wing County1
- Carlton County1
- Otter Tail County1
- Pope County1
- Mille Lacs County1
- Sibley County1
- Ramsey County1
- Washington County1
- Sherburne County1
- Chisago County1
3 more counties
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Sources
National Weather Service watches, warnings, advisories and statements from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's VTEC archive, which reconstructs tornado, severe thunderstorm, flash flood and marine warnings back to 1986 from the NWS text archive. Storm Prediction Center watches and mesoscale discussions from SPC's archive through the Mesonet. County centers from the US Census Bureau. Warning verification from the Mesonet's Cow. Rebuilt daily.