Severe Thunderstorm Warning 114, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARDS MILLE LACS LAKE...

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT...

AT 945 PM CDT A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED BY RADAR
FROM WESTERN EDGE OF MILLE LACS LAKE SOUTHWEST TO REDWOOD FALLS.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF PRODUCING GUSTY WINDS...
HAIL...FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKBES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAIN.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING
THE LAKE AREA UNTIL 11 PM CDT.

BOATERS...FISHERPERSONS...CAMPERS AND OTHERS IN THE MILLE LACS LAKE
AREA SHOULD TAKE NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

YOUNG

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1015 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987

...ATTN CELS...

PRELIMINARY STORM REPORT FROM ST. CLOUD MINNESOTA

804 PM CDT  UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD 1 MILE WEST OF BROWERVILLE
            MINNESOTA IN TODD COUNTY...28 MILES NORTHEAST OF
            ALENANDRIA.
815 PM CDT  POWER LINES DOWN FROM EST 60 MPH WIND AT EAGLE BEND IN
            TODD COUNTY...25 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA.
            POWER LINES DOWN AND TREES DOWN AT HEWITT IN TODD COUNTY
            ...35 MILES NORTHEAST OF ALEXANDRIA.
825 PM CDT  GUST ESTIMATED TO 60 MPH.  VISIBILITY NEAR ZERO WITH
            HEAVY RAIN AT BROOTEN MINNESOTA IN STEARNS COUNTY...45
            MILES WEST OF ST. CLOUD.
914 PM CDT  POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN AT NEW LONDOW AND SPICER IN
            KANDIYOHI COUNTY...10 TO 15 MILES NORTHEAST OF WILLMAR.
915 PM CDT POWER LINES AND TREES DOWN WITH 50 TO 60 MPH WIND AT
           PIERZ MINNESOTA INV MORRISON COUNTY...25 MILES SOUTH OF
           BRAINERD.

FRASER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1040 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 482 CANCELED FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA BUT
   CONTINUES IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELED TORNADO WATCH NUMBER
482 FOR NORTHERN MINNESOTA ROUGHLY NORTH OF A LINE EXTENDING FROM
A POINT 30 MILES WEST NORTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA MINNESOTA TO A POINT
45 MILES EAST NORTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD MINNESOTA. WHILE SHOWERS AND
THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE IN NORTHERN MINNESOTA THEY SHOULD REMAIN
BELOW SEVERE LIMITS.

TORNADO WATCH NUMBER 482 REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA UNTIL 2 AM CDT. COUNTIES STILL IN THE WATCH ARE...
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WESTCENTRAL.........GRANT..DOUGLAS..STEVENS..
                    POPE..BIG STONE..SWIFT..LAC QUI PARLE..CHIPPEWA..
                    YELLOW MEDICINE
<
CENTRAL.......TODD..MORRISON..
              STEARNS..BENTON..SHERBURNE..KANDIYOHI..MEEKER..WRIGHT..
                    RENVILLE..MCLEOD..SIBLEY

EASTCENTRAL.........NORTHWEST PINE..MILLE LACS...
                    KANABEC..NORTHWEST ISANTI

SOUTHWEST..........LINCOLN..LYON..REDWOOD..BROWN..PIPESTONE..MURRAY..
                    COTvTONWOOD..WATONWAN..ROCK..NOBLES..JACKSON..MARTIN

SOUTHCENTRAL.......WESTERN NICOLLET

NAISTAT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1045 PM CDT SAT AUG 15 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MINNESOTA
   UNTIL 2 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING...NOT INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...

AT 1030 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A 40 MILE WIDE LINE
EXTENDING FROM JUST EAST OF HIBBING...SOUTH THRU CAMBRIDGE.. MONTICELLO..
BUFFALO AND NEW ULM..30 TO 50 MILES SOUTHWEST THRU NORTHWEST OF THE TWIN
CITIES. FROM NEW ULM THE LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO THE IOWA BORDER NEAR
WORTHINGTON.
THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA.. 50
MILES WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES.. MOVING INTO WESTERN SECTIONS OF SIBLEY
AND MCLEOD COUNTIES.. A FEW MILES WEST OF OF HUTCHINSON SOUTHWEST TO
FAIRFAX.. WINDS GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH...HAIL...INTENSE RAINFALL... AND
FREQUENT LIGTHNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE REACHING THE WESTERN
SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AROUND 1100 PM.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
 CARLYON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1137 PM CDT SAT AUG 16 1987

...TORNADO WATCH IN EFFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF MINNESOTA
   UNTIL 2 AM CDT SUNDAY MORNING...NOT INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES...

AT 1126 PM...INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN A 40 MILE WIDE LINE
EXTENDING FROM GRANTSBURG WISCONSIN...SOUTH THRU TAYLORS FALLS.. AND THE
TWIN CITIES.. SOUTHWEST TO MANKATO.
FROM MANKATO THE LINE EXTENDED SOUTHWEST TO SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA NEAR
ST JAMES.

THE MOST INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED OVER EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA..
ACROSS ANOKA AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA.. MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH...WINDS GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH...HAIL...INTENSE RAINFALL...
AND FREQUENT LIGTHNING.  THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE MOVING THRU THE REST
OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA BETWEEN 1135 PM TO 1235 AM THIS SATURDAY
NIGHT/SUNDAY MORNING.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY SEVERE WEATHER REPORTED FROM THIS LINE OF STORMS
SINE 900 PM CDT SATURDAY EVENING.      CARLYON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1240 AM CDT SUN AUG 16 1987

AT 1230 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE OCCURRING OVER
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST THROUGH SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THEY WERE MAINLY IN A 40 MILE WIDE AREA FROM BARRON IN WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...TO NORTHFIELD...TO ALBERT LEA IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAINFALL AND STANDING WATER
ON ROADS AS THEY MOVED THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES SINCE 1100 PM.  THEY
MAY ALSO BE EXPECTED TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS TO ABOUT 50 MILES AN
HOUR AS WELL AS FREQUENT LIGHTNING AND POSSIBLE HAIL.  MOVEMENT WAS TO
THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

RAIN...MOSTLY LIGHT...COVERED A LARGER SECTION OF THE SOUTHEAST HALF
OF MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WESTERN WISCONSIN.
KRAFT