Severe Thunderstorm Warning 65, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 21, 1986, 5:45 PM CDT (22:45 UTC)

Expired

Jun 21, 1986, 6:40 PM CDT

In force

55 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN

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

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
545 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 640PM  CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES OF

CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST STEARNS AND BENTON COUNTY INCLUDING THE
CITIES OF ST CLOUD AND FOLEY.

AT 620 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE  THUNDERSTORMS IN
CENTRAL MINNESOTA MOVING TO THE EAST AT 40 MPH.

PERSONS IN LOW LYING AREAS SHOULD BE AWARE OF RAPIDLY RISING STREAMS
DUE TO VERY HEAVY RAINS IN THESE AREAS

REMEMBER THESE STORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY PRODUCE A TORNADO WITH
LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING SO BE ON THE LOOK OUT.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES..YOU SHOULD GO TO A SAFE PLACE
IMMEDIATELY..AND YOU SHOULD ASK THE NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO
RELAY YOUR SEVERE WEATHER REPORTS TO THE LOCAL NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE OFFIC'E.

FRASER/TRIPLETT

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1220 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

...STRONG THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON
   AND EVENING...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
330 PM CDT SAT JUN 21 1986

...DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUTION DEVELOPING OVER MINNESOTA...

A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION IS SETTING UP OVER
WESTERN MINNESOTA THIS SATURDAY AFTERNOON..AND IT APPEARS THAT MOST
OF MINNESOTA WILL EXPERIENCE A SEVERE WEATHER THREAT BY THE END OF
THIS SATURDAY EVENING.

AN EXPLOSIVELY UNSTABLE AIRMASS OVER MINNESOTA IN COMBINATION WITH
A STRONG UPPER ATMOSPHERIC DISTURBANCE FAVORS WIDESPREAD VIOLENT
THUNDERSTORMS WITH LARGE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE SURFACE WINDS. ALL
INGREDIENTS FOR THESE STORMS ARE IN PLACE.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS OVER WESTCENTRAL MINNESOTA HAVE ALREADY GROWN
TO 65000 FEET WHICH IS EXCEPTIONALLY HIGH FOR THIS PART OF THE
COUNTRY. THIS UNDERSCORES THE STRONG NATURE OF THIS PARTICULAR
SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION.

THE SEVERE WEATHER WILL PROBABLY BE MOVING INTO EASTERN SECTIONS OF
MINONESOTA SOMETIME THIS EVENING.

KEEP UP WITH THIS SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION BY PERIODICALLY CHECKING
SKY CONDITIONS IN YOUR AREA.

TOGSTAD

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.