Severe Thunderstorm Warning 126, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 29, 1987, 8:47 PM CDT (01:47 UTC)

Expired

Aug 29, 1987, 9:45 PM CDT

In force

58 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Anoka County, MN, Chisago County, MN, Washington County, MN

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

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
847 PM CDT SAT AUG 29 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 945 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
 ANOKA...SOUTHERN CHISAGO AND NORTHERN 
 WASHINGTON


AT 845 PM A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS INDICATED BY RADAR NEAR ANOKA
IN ANOKA COUNTY OF THE GREATER TWIN CITIES METRO AREA IN EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THIS IS ABOUT 15 MILES NORTH OF DOWNTOWN
MINNEAPOLIS.  CITIES IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE ANOKA...
WYOMING...AND ST CROIX FALLS.  MOVEMENT OF THE STORM WAS TO THE
EAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.  LARGE DAMAGING HAIL AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS MAY BE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH..DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RA>IN. 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 IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

MILLER

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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.