Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
630 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

...VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO HENNEPIN COUNTY...

AT 630 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR SHOWED VERY STONG
THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN SOUTHWEST HENNEPIN COUNTY NEAR LAKE
MINNETONKA.  ANOTHER VERY STONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCAED NEAR THE
BUFFALO AREA OF WRIGHT COUNTY.  BOTH THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT AROUND 35 MPH.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL AND STRONG WINDS.
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING IS ALSO POSSIBLE.  THUS..BOATERS AND OTHER ENGAGED
IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITES SHOULD TAKE THE NECESARY PRECAUTIONS.

SOME OF THE CITIES IN PATH OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
IN HENNEPIN COUNTY ARE ROCKFORD..PLYMOUTH..AND THE LAKE
MINNETONKA AREA.
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BETWEEN 630 AND 730 PM THE VERY STONG TBUNDERSTORMS SHOULD ROLL
THROUGH MUH OF THE WESTERN AND SOUTBERN METRO AREA.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES YOU SEEK SHELTER.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
7 00 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 11 PM CDT...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PART OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.  AT 7 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS
CONTINUED THROUGH MUCH OF THE SOUTHERN HALF OF MINNESOTA.  LARGE
HAIL..THE SIZE OF GOLF BALLS WAS REPORTED IN POPE COUNTY..NORTHWEST
OF GLENWOOD DURING THE EARLY EVENING HOURS.  PEA SIZED HAIL WAS
REPORTED IN KANDIYOHI..IN THE NEW LONDON AREA..AND IN STEARNS COUNTY
AROUND BROOTEN.  THERE HAS BEEN NO REPORT OF SEVERE WEATHER IN
CENTRAL MINNESOTA SINCE 6PM CDT..AND WARNINGS HAVE EXPIRED FOR
POPE..STEARNS..KANDIYOHI..AND MEEKER COUNTIES OF MINNESOTA.

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGHOUT THE EVENING IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
810 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL AND INTO SOUTHCENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AT 8PM THIS EVENING.  THE MOST INTENSE THUNDER
STORMS RAN IN A NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST LINE FROM NEAR THE HECTOR
AREA OF RENVILLE COUNTY TO THE ST PETER AREA OF LE SUEUR COUNTY TO
THE OWATONNA AREA OF WASECA COUNTY.  THIS IS GENERALLY 40 TO 50 MILES
WEST AND SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES.

PERSONS IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED AREA OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHCENTRAL
MINNESOTA CAN EXPECT DANGEROUS LIGHTNING..SOME HAIL..AND PERIODS OF VERY
HEAVY RAINS.  THE THUNQDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35
MPH.  LOCALLY HEAVY RAINS MAY BE EXPECTED FROM THESE THUNDERSTORMS
AS THEY HAVE BEEN TRACKING ACROSS THE SAME GENERAL AREA DURING THE
EVENING HOURS.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL
840 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW AN AREA OF VERY
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ABOUT 40 TO 50 MILES WEST SOUTHWEST OF THE
TWIN CITIES.  THE STRONGEST STORMS REMAINED IN RENVILLE..MC LEOD AND
SIBLEY COUNTIES.  SOME OF THE CITIES NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS
ARE HECTOR..GAYLORD..GLENCOE..AND HUTCHINSON.  NO REPORTS OF SEVERE
WEATHER HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE SINCE BEFORE
8PM. HOWEVER..REPORTS OF PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN...INTENSE LIGHTNING..AND
SMALL HAIL DO CONTINUE.

OTHER SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED ACROSS A LARGE PART
OF SqOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  REMEMBER A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 11PM.

ALL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 TO 35 MPH.
PAULSON

NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
 930PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986
      ...ATTN SELS A MSP...

 647 PM  BASEBALL HAIL IN ARLINGTON IN SIBLEY COUNTY
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STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
905 PM CDT TUE JUN 17 1986

TIME        EVENT
355 PM CDT  GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NORTHWEST POPE COUNTY. CONTINUED
UNTIL 4 02PM CDT

410 PM UNTIL 435PM CDT MARBLE TO GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL COVER GROUND
JUST NORTHWEST OF GLENWOOD

532 PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL AT NORTH EDGE OF NEW LONDON..KANDIYOHI
COUNTY

535 PM CDT GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL OVER LAKE MINNEWASKA..GLENWOOD..POPE
COUNTY

545PM CDT PEA SIZxE HAIL AT BROOTEN..STEARNS COUNTY

619PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL 1 1/2 MI. NORTH OF GROVE CITY..MEEKER COUNTY

645PM CDT PEA SIZE HAIL IN NEW LONDON AREA..KANDIYOHI COUNTY.

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