Severe Thunderstorm Warning 160, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTOMS CONTINUE OVER PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNSOTA...

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO MOVE SOUTHEAST THROUGH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE STORMS STRETCHED ACROSS THE STATE FROM LAKE SUPERIOR..
NORTH OF DULUTH..INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESTOA..NORTH OF ST. CLOUD AND
SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS AND
FREQUENT LIGHTENING. A WARNING WAS ISSUED FOR TODD COUNTY IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND WILL EXPIRE AT 400 PM CDT.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH..WHILE AT THE
SAME TIME OTHER..WIDELY SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER
SOUTHEAST PORTIONS OF THE STATE AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 20 TO 25 MPH.

THE STRONGEST OF THE STORMS IN THE SECOND AREA WERE LOCATED NEAR
MONTICELLO..NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES.

..A TORNADO W:ATCH HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA UNTIL 730PM..
HALDEMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
415 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTOMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN THE NORTHWESTERN TWIN
   CITIES SUBURBS...

AT 415 PM A COUPLE OF VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVLOPING OVER THE
INDEPENDENCE AREA OF WESTERN HENEPIN COUNTY AND JUST NORTH OF ANOKA
IN ANOKA COUNTY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE SOME STRONG GUSTY WINDS..PEA TO
MARBLE SIZE HAIL AND VERY TURBULMENT WEATHER CONDITIONS OVER THE
NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES DURING THE NEXT 45 MINUTES.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HALDEMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
605 AM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTOMS WILL AFFECT LAKE MINNETONKA AND OTHER TWIN
CITIES LAKES...

BOATERS AND PERSONS OUT OF DOORS...ESPECIALLY THOSE ON LAKES IN THE
WESTERN SUBURBS OF MINNEAPOLIS SHOULD BE ALERT TO POSSIBLY VERY STRONG
WINDS APPROACH FROM THE NORTHWEST DURING THE NEXT HOUR.

EXPECT STRONG WINDS OUT OF THE SOUTH TO TURN ABRUBTLY TO STRONG WINDS
OUT OF THE NORTHWEST.   THESE WINDS WILL BE FOLLOWED SHORTLY BY
THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING.
HALDEMAN