Severe Thunderstorm Warning 121, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN
1145 PM CDT FRI JUL 18 1986

AT 1130 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...WITH HEAVY TO LOCALLY INTENSE RAINFALL..
CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS PARTS OF SOUTHWEST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING STRIKES ARE POSSIBLE
WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS.

ONE BAND OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER...
NEAR CANBY...TO WILLMAR...TO JUST NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD.

ANOTHER AREA REACHED FROM AROUND BRAINERD ACROSS MILLE LACS LAKE TO JUST
EAST OF THE LAKE.

IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...A THUNDERSTORM WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WAS
NORTHEAST OF LA CROSSE...JUST EAST OF BLACK RIVER FALLS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHERWISE...MOSTLY GARDEN VARIETY SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE
SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND...NORTH TO
SOUTH ACROSS WEST WISCONSIN FROM NEAR ASHLAND' THRU EAU CLAIRE TO NEAR
LA CROSSE.
DOM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN
230 PM CDT SAT JUL 19 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 395 HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE COUNTIES CLEARED OF THIS WATCH INCLUDE PINE..
KANABEC..MILLE LACS..ISANTI..MORRISON..BENTON..STEARNS..SHERBURNE..
MEEKER..WRIGHT AND MCLEOD.
HARRISON
SCATTERED ACROSS PARTS OF NORTH AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND...NORTH TO
SOUTH ACROSS WEST WISCONSIN FROM sNEAR ASHLAND THRU EAU CLAIRE TO NEAR
LA CROSSE.
DOM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS ST PAUL MN
320 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 1986

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 395 HAS BEEN CANCELLED OVER THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA.  THE COUNTIES CLEARED FROM THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WATCH ARE HENNEPIN..RAMSEY..CARVER..DAKOTA..SCOTT..WASHINGTON..CHISAGO
AND SIBLEY.

AT 320 AM THIS MORNING A NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE
NORTHEAST ALONG A COLD FRONT FROM SOUTHEAST SOUTH DAKOTA TO ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.  THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES TO BE
IN EFFECT UNTIL 600 AM FROM NEW ULM AND ST PETER IN SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THROUGH MANKATO..FAIRBAULT..ROSCHESTER TO RED WING AND
WINONA ON THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.

A LARGE PORTION OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN ALSO REMAINS IN THE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH THIS MORNING.
HARRISON

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
325 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 1986

TIME        EVENT
19 JUL.  WSO ST. CLOUD RECORDED 1.60 INCHES OF RAIN IN 35
MINUTES..1220 AM CDT TO 1255 AM CDT.

FRASER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
400 AM CDT SAT JUL 19 1986

AT 355 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED TO MOVE EAST
AT 40 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.
THESE STORMS HAVE DECREASED SOMEWHAT IN STRENGTH SINCE 300 AM...BUT
COULD STILL PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR...
SMALL HAIL...AND DEADLY LIGHTNING.  THE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL PRODUCED
BY SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD POSSIBLY CAUSE SOME PONDING OF WATER IN
LOW LYING FIELDS AND UNDERPASSES.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN
A 40 MILE WIDE LINE FROM CORNELL IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...SOUTHWEST
TO LAKE CITY MINNESOTA...TO OWATONNA TO FAIRMONT TO SIOUX CITY IOWA.

PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT TO CHANGING
WEATHER CONDITIONS AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE PROTECTIVE
ACTIONS IF THESE STRONG THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH.
KRAFT