Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
225 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM POTENTIAL OVER MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON AND
   TONIGHT...

THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS WILL EXIST
OVER MINNESOTA THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON AND DURING THE NIGHT TONIGHT.

AS OF 200 PM THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS REACHED SEVERE
LIMITS AS THEY MOVED FROM NORTHWEST INTO SECTIONS OF NORTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.  MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ALONG AND AHEAD
OF A STRONG COLD FRONT IN NORTHWEST MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON.  THIS
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE EAST THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA TONIGHT CUTTING
THROUGH A VERY MOIST AND UNSTABLE AIRMASS.  THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLY
WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HAIL ARE EXPECTED TO SPREAD FROM NORTHWEST
AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THROUGH THE STATE BY SUNDAY MORNING.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY ALSO BRING PERIODS OF INTENSE RAINFALL.
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THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO APPROACH FROM THE WEST SO THOSE OUTDOORS
EITHER CAMPING OR ON LAKES SHOULD KEEP AN EYE ON THE SKY AND BE
PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY.  STAY TUNED TO A LOCAL MEDIA
STATION FOR POSSIBLE SEVERE WEATHER WATCHES OR WARNINGS.
WJH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN
710 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA
   UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

AT 705 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BY RADAR
FROM FERGUS FALLS SOUTHWEST THROUGH WESTERN SWIFT AND LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTIES OF WESTERN MINNESOTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY
OF PRODUCING GUST WINDS...HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF
HEAVY RfAIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

PERSONS IN SWIFT...POPE AND LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES SHOULD BE PREPARED
TO GO TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES.

FRASER