Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
110 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986

...HOT AND HUMID WEATHER CONTINUES OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA TODAY...

TEMPERTURES IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA WILL BE IN THE UPPER 80S TO LOWER 90S
THIS AFTERNOON PUSHING THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE...OR HEAT INDEX...TO
BETWEEN 95 AND 105 DEGREES..WITH ISOLATED READINGS SLIGHTLY ABOVE
THE 105 DEGREE MARK. THE APPARENT TEMPERATURE...OR HEAT INDEX...IS A
MEASURE OF THE CONTRIBUTION HUMIDITY MAKES WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES TO
REDUCE THE HUMAN BODYS ABILITY TO COOL ITSELF.

THERE COULD BE..SLIGHT..RELIEF ON SATURDAY...BUT IN GENERAL THE WARM
AND HUMID AIR IS EXPECTED BE AROUND UNTIL SUNDAY...WHEN COOLER AIR IS
EXPECTED TO PUSH IN FROM THE NORTHWEST.

THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING OUT OF DOORS...THOSE LIVING IN
UNAIRCONDITIONED SPACES...THE ELDERLY...AND PEOPLE IN POOR HEALTH
SHOULD TAKE PRECAUTIONS AS PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO THESE CONDITIONS
CAN LEAD _TO HEAT EXHAUSTION OR POSSIBLE HEAT STROKE.
WILLIS

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
530 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM
CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE UNTIL 6 PM CDT

AT 5 30 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE STRONGEST STORM IN EXTREME SOUTHERN
MILLE LACS COUNTY AND EASTERN SHERBURNE COUTNY MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.
1/2 INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE
STORMS rBY THE PRINCETON RADIO STATION AT 520 PM CDT

RUBIN/NISTLER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
550 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986.

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 10 PM
CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR SHERBURNE UNTIL 6 PM CDT HAS BEEN
CANCELED...

AT 5 50 PM CDT RADAR SHOWED THE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED EAST
OF SHERBURNE COUNTY. 1/2 INCH HAIL AND WINDS OF 50 TO 55 MPH HAD
BEEN REPORTED FROM THESE STORMS BY THE PRINCETON RADIO STATION AT 520
PM CDT

RUBIN/NISTLER