Severe Thunderstorm Warning 168, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND INTO
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN MINNEPOLIS SHOWED A LINE OF
VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND THEN ACROSS THE
SOUTHERN METRO AREA OF THE TWIN CITIES.  ONE OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
SPAWNED HAIL OF GOLFBALL SIZE IN WESTERN DUNN COUNTY NEAR KNAPP WHICH
IS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTHWEST OF MENOMONIE.  THIS HAIL FELL ABOUT 723 PM.
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 815PM FOR DUNN COUNTY.
THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING EAST AT 10 TO 15 MPH AND WILL PASS BETWEEN
WHEELER AND MENOMONIE AFTER 8PM.

THE LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ACROSS THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
SCOTT AND DAKOTA COUNTIES AS WELL AS EXTREME SOUTHERN HENNEPIN AND
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AT 735PM.  PEA HAIL WAS REPORTED IN BLOOMINGTON
OF SOUTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY AROUND 725PM.  DUE TO THE VERY SLOW
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SOME AREAS OF THE SOUTHERN TWIN
CITY METRO AREA MAY EXPERIENCE VERY HEAVY RAINS THIS EVENING.

THE GENERAL MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 10 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
940 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN IN ST CROIX
COUNTY HAVE WEAKENED CONSIDERABLY SINCE ABOUT 920PM.  NO REPORTS OF
SEVERE WEATHER HAVE BEEN RECEIEVED SINCE AROUND 9PM WHEN GOLFBALL HAIL
FELL IN HOLTON OF EXTREME WESTERN ST CROIX COUNTY.  OTHER THUNDERSTORMS
REMAIN SCATTERED IN AN EAST TO WEST LINE FROM NEAR EAU CLAIR THROUGH
WAUSAU.

OTHER VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING AND MAKING FURTHER
INROADS INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE AREA OF
STRONGEST STORMS WAS SCATTERED IN AN AREA FROM JUST NORTH OF MARSHALL IN
YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY EAST TO AROUND GRANITE FALLS IN RENVELLE COUNTY
AND THEN INTO THE COSMOS..HECTOR AREA OF MEEKER AND RENVILLE COUNTIES.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVING INTO WRIGHT..MC LEOD AND SIBLEY COUNTIES
AFTER 10PM.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO }SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 20 MPH.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR SEEK SHELTER AND IF SAFTEY
PERMITS RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW OFFICALS FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1015 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP AND CONTINUE TO MAKE
PROGRESS ACROSS WESTERN AND INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THE LEADING EDGE
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOING INTO THE WESTERN TWIN CITY METRO AREA.
MARBLE HAIL WAS REPORTED IN DELANO OF SOUTHEAST WRIGHT COUNTY ABOUT 10
PM.  THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING INTO INTO THE INDEPENDENCE AREA OF
WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY AT 1015PM AND TRACK TOWARD THE PLYMOUTH AREA
OF HENNIPIN COUNTY AROUND 1030 PM IF IT MAINTAINS ITS STRENGTH.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED SCATTERED ACROSS MEEKER..RENVILLE
MC CLEOD..WRIGHT..AND KANDIYOHI COUNTIES. WHICH IS WEST OF THE TWIN
CITIES.  SOME OF CITIES AND TOWNS WHICH MAY BE NEAR THESE STRONGER
STORMS ARE OLIVIA..WILLMAR..AND LITCHFIELD.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST TO SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOUR SEEK SHELTER AND IF SAFTEY
PERMITS RELAY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO LOCAL LAW OFFICALS FOR
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PAULSON

STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1045 PM CDT SAT AUG 9 1986

ATTN SELS A MSP

723 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR CITY OF KNAPP OF DUNN COUNTY WI.

730 PM CDT  2 INCH HAIL IN BLOOMINGTON MN..S HENNEPIN COUNTY.
            (OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE)

740 PM TO 800 PM CDT...INTERMITENT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MSP
                       AIRPORT.

742 PM CDT  52 MPH WIND GUST AT MSP.

815 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MAPLEWOOD MN OF RAMSEY COUNTY.

825 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT OAKDALE MN OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
           ( REPORTED  BY SKYWARN SPOTTER)
849 PM CDT  3/4 INCH HAIL AT HOULTON WI OF ST. CROIX COUNTY. REPORTED
            BY SHERIFF DISPATCH.

RICHARDSON

STORM REPORT....CORRECTION FOR DATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1045 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1986

ATTN SELS A MSP

723 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR CITY OF KNAPP OF DUNN COUNTY WI.

730 PM CDT  2 INCH HAIL IN BLOOMINGTON MN..S HENNEPIN COUNTY.
            (OFF DUTY NWS EMPLOYEE)

740 PM TO 800 PM CDT...INTERMITENT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MSP
                       AIRPORT.

742 PM CDT  52 MPH WIND GUST AT MSP.

815 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT MAPLEWOOD MN OF RAMSEY COUNTY.

825 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL AT OAKDALE MN OF WASHINGTON COUNTY.
           ( REPORTED  BY SKYWARN SPOTTER)
849 PM CDT  3/4 INCH HAIL AT HOULTON WI OF ST. CROIX COUNTY. REPORTED
            BY SHERIFF DISPATCH.

RICHARDSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1245 AM CDT SUN AUG 17 1986

AT 12.30 AM CDT...SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS..SOME WITH HEAVY RAINS AND
HAIL..AND OCCASIONAL WIND GUSTS TO NEAR 50 MILES AN HOUR..WERE OCCURRING
OVER A LARGE PART OF THE SOUTH THIRD OF MINNESOTA..INTO WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN..AND NORTHWEST IOWA.

HEAVIEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALONG A 10 TO 15 MILE WIDE AREA FROM 30
MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PAUL NEAR ST CROIX FALLS..ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES..
TO NEAR MANKATO.  THIS IS THE AREA MOST LIKELY TO HAVE THE HAIL AND
TURBULENT WEATHER CONDITIONS.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MILES AN HOUR.
NESLEY
RELAY TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
PAULSON