Severe Thunderstorm Warning 162, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
510 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MINNEPOLIS SHOWED AN AREA
OF RAPIDILY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN NORTH
OF EAU CLAIRE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH
RUSK COUNTY AND WERE LOCATED EAST OF LADYSMITH IN THE INGRAM..
HAWKINS AREA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WERE DEVELOPING IN SAWYER COUNTY AND
INTO PRICE COUNTY OF CENTRAL COUNTY.

ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
WESTERNNAND CENTRAL WISCONIN UNTILh 11PM THIS EVENING.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ALSO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION FOR SECOND PARAGRAPH LAST WORD
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
510 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MINNEPOLIS SHOWED AN AREA
OF RAPIDILY DEVELOPING THUNDERSTORMS OVER CENTRAL WISCONSIN NORTH
OF EAU CLAIRE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST THROUGH
RUSK COUNTY AND WERE LOCATED EAST OF LADYSMITH IN THE INGRAM..
HAWKINS AREA.

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALSO WERE DEVELOPING IN SAWYER COUNTY AND
INTO PRICE COUNTY OF CENTRAL WISCONISN.

ALL THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 TO 30 MPH.

REMEMBER THAT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS IN EFFEClT FOR MUCH OF
WESTERNNAND CENTRAL WISCONIN UNTIL 11PM THIS EVENING.
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NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR ALSO INDICATED SCATTERED SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS BEGINNING TO DEVELOP IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
610 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MINNEPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN IN THE LADYSMITH..
EAU CLAIRE AREA THEN WEST INTO THE NORTHERN SECTIONS OF
THE TWIN CITIES. A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED IN SOUTHWEST
MINNESOTA NEAR MARSHALL.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING NEAR
A COLDFRONT SAGGING SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA.  THE FRONT AT 600PM HAD JUST PASSED THE INTERNATIONAL AIPORT
IN THE TWIN CITIES.

SOME OF THE STRONGER THUNDERSTORM DEVELOPMENT WAS IN THE ST CROIX
FALLS..FOREST LAKE AREA OF EASTCENTRAL MINNESOTA IN NORTHERN
WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN CHISAGO COUNTIES.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD
MOVE INTO POLK AND ST CROIX COUNTIES OF WISCONSIN BY 630PM.
THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 TO
20 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
645 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND
INTO NORTHERN AND WESTERN WISCONSIN.

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MINNEPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING ACROSS CENTRAL AND NORTHERN WISCONSIN AND INTO
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.  AT 640 PM THE STRONGEST STORMS RAN IN A LINE FROM
NEAR CHIPPEWA FALLS IN CHIPPEWA COUNTY WISCONSIN TO WHEELER IN NORTHRN
DUNN COUNTY WISCONIN THEN INTO THE SOUTHERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN
CITIES.   ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM REMAINED OVER SOUTHWEST MINESOTA
GENERALLY IN THE MARSHALL AREA.

THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS IN THE TWIN CITIES RAN ACROSS NORTHERN
SCOTT..NORTHERN DAKOTA..AND INTO SOUTHERN WASHNGTON COUNTIES.
THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL SAG SOUTH THROUGH THESE COUNTIES
DURING THE EARLY EVENING.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WERE BEGINNING TO
DEVELOP INTO SOUTHERN CARVER COUNTY.  SOME OF THE CITIES IN THESE
COUNTIES THAT WILL BE AFFECTED BY THESE THUNDERSTORMS BY 730
PM ARE...PRIOR LAKE..JORDAN..HASTINGS..ROSEMOUNT..AND COTTAGE
GROVE.

THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 15 TO
20 MPH.

PERSONS IN SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AS WELL AS INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN
SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS EVENING.
PAULSON