Severe Thunderstorm Warning 122, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 29, 1987, 8:00 PM CDT (01:00 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 1987, 8:30 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Meeker 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...CORR FOR DATE
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
800 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 830 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING
COUNTY OF

 CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EASTERN MEEKER...INCLUDING THE CITIES
OF...LITCHFIELD...DARWIN...DASSEL AND KINGSTON.

AT 755 PM CDT RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF LITCHFIELD MINNESOTA...45 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF ST CLOUD MINNESOTA.  THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING TO THE
EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES PER HOUR.

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 SUCH AS A BASEMENT OR INTERIOR ROOM OF A REINFORCED BUILDING.

TRIPLETT

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
750 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1987

AT 750 PM...ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING
NEAR LITCHFIELD IN SOUTHERN MCLEOD COUNTY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AND NEAR PRINCETON IN SOUTHERN MILLE LACS COUNTY OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.  ALTHOUGH NO REPORTS OF SEVERE WEATHER HAD BEEN RECIEVED
...THE RAPID DEVELOPMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS SUGGESTS THAT
THEY MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS.  MARBLE
SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT PRINCETON AT ABOUT 750 PM.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 35 MILES AN HOUR.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WILL BE MOVING ACROSS ISANTI AND WRIGHT COUNTIES OF CENTRAL AND EAST
CENTRAL	 MINNESOTA BETWEEN 750 PM AND 830 PM.

IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES...SEEK SAFE SHELTER AND IF POSSIBLE
RELAY REPORTS OF THE WEATHER TO LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIALS.
KRAFT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1987Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1987

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.