Severe Thunderstorm Warning 51, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 17, 1986, 6:25 PM CDT (23:25 UTC)

Expired

Jun 17, 1986, 7:15 PM CDT

In force

50 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties McLeod County, MN, Sibley County, MN

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

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
625 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 715 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL MINNESOTA...MCLEOD AND SIBLEY

AT 615 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 45 MILES WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES NEAR GLENCOE IN
MCLEOD COUNTY. THIS THUNDERSTORM IS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR. OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR HUTCHINSON
IN NORTHEST MCLEOD COUNTY AND NEAR ARLINGTON IN SIBLEY COUNTY.

HAIL AROUND MARBLE SIZE WAS REPORTED NEAR THE MCLEOD/SIBLEY COUNTY
LINE.

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE STRONG DAMAGING WINDS..LARGE
HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES. ALSO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN
AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING..SO BE ON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF
SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

PAULSON

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

...  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GRANT..DOUGLAS..AND POPE
     COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 445 PM  ...

AT 345 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING THROUGH PARTS OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA..ABOUT 120 TO 150 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES..OR JUST
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. A REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AT
ELBOW LAKE MINNESOTA..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA..HAS
CAUSED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING TO BE ISSUED FOR EASTERN GRANT..
POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES OF MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD.

OTHER SHOWERS =AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING THROUGH OTTERTAIL
COUNTY..AND WILL PROBABLY PASS NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

 R.J. KESSLER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS, MN
245 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

...  SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR EASTERN GRANT..DOUGLAS..AND POPE
     COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 445 PM  ...

AT 345 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RACING THROUGH PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA..ABOUT 120 TO 150 MILES NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN CITIES..OR JUST
WEST AND NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA. A REPORT OF 3/4 INCH HAIL AT
ELBOW LAKE MINNESOTA..ABOUT 30 MILES NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA..HAS
CAUSED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING TO BE ISSUED FOR EASTERN GRANT..
POPE AND DOUGLAS COUNTIES OF MINNESOTA. THIS INCLUDES THE CITIES OF
ALEXANDRIA AND GLENWOOD.

OTHER SHOWERS AND T?HUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO MOVING THROUGH OTTERTAIL
COUNTY..AND WILL PROBABLY PASS NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.

 R.J. KESSLER

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.