Severe Thunderstorm Warning 154, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 9, 1986, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 9, 1986, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

60 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Todd County, MN

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
300 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 400 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL MINNESOTA...TODD..INCLUDING THE CITIES OF EAGLE BEND AND LONG
PRAIRIE.

AT 255 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED AN NORTHEAST TO SOUTHWEST LINE OF
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS FROM NEAR STAPLES MINNESOTA..60 MILES NORTH OF
ST. CLOUD..TO ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA..60 MILES NORHTWEST OF ST CLOUD.
MOVEMENT OF THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR..

LARGE HAIL..DAMGEROUS LIGHTINING..HEAVY RAINFALL..AND DAMAGING WINDS
CAN BE EXPECTED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. 

REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY..AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFICE.

DE VOE/RUBIN

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
250 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...INTENSE LINE OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPES RAPIDLY OVER
   NORTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DEVELOPED RAPIDLY ALONG A LINE THAT EXTENDED
FROM THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NEAR ORTONVILLE MINNESOTA..NORTHEAST
THROUGH ALEXANDRIA..BRAINERD AND INTO THE NORTHEAST ARROWHEAD SECTION
OF MINNESOTA.

AT 340 PM CDT..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR ALEXANDRIA
AND JUST NORTHWEST OF BRAINERD.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING STRONG WINDS..PEA TO MARBLE SIZE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AS THEY MOVE EAST AT 25 MILES AN
HOUR.

OTHER WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE BUILDING OUT AHEAD
OF THIS LINE MAINLY OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THIS AREA WERE ABOUT 30 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF DULUTH NEAR MOOSE LAKE AND BETWEEN ST CLOUD AND THE TWIN CITIES IN
THE BUFFALO AREA.

MOVEMENT HERE WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.

..A TORNADO WATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA UNTIL 730PM..
SWANBERG

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1986Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1986

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.