Severe Thunderstorm Warning 37, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1240 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987

AT 1230 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER SCATTERED
SECTIONS OF CENTRAL...SOUTH CENTRAL...AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THEY
WERE LOCATED IN A 50 MILE WIDE AREA FROM LEECH LAKE TO BIG STONE LAKE
AND IN A 25 MILE WIDE AREA FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NEW PRAGUE.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE MOTLEY...PINE RIVER AREA OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT LIGHTNING
AND HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS
FISHING OR CAMPING SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFTEY PRECAUTIONS.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EA=ST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
KRAFT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN
120 AM CDT SAT JULY 11 1987

...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING TOWARD MILLE LACS LAKE...

AT 115 AM CDT RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS MOVING TOWARD
MILLE LACS LAKE AT 30 MPH AND WILL BE AFFECTING THE LAKE AREA FROM
120 AM TO 300 AM.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED AT THIS TIME OR IS INDICATED ON
RADAR. HOWEVER THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE GUSTY WIND$S AND
FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES...BOATERS...FISHERPERSONS...AND OTHERS
ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES IN THE AFFECTED AREA SHOULD TAKE
NECESSARY PRECAUTIONS.

NISTLER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
130 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987

AT 130 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE OCCURRING OVER
SECTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THEY
WERE LOCATED IN A 75 MILE WIDE AREA FROM GRAND RAPIDS TO ALEXANDRIA.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE AITKIN...HILL CITY AREA OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.  THEY MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES
SUCH AS FISHING OR CAMPING SHOULD TAKE APPROPRIATE SAFTEY PRECAUTIONS.

THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPED RAPIDLY SINCE 1230 AM OVER THE SOUTHWEST
SECTIONS OF THE GREAT,ER TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
535 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WRNING FOR COTTONWOOD AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF
   SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA UNTIL 615 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY MORNING.....

AT 515 AM VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE APPROACHING THE MINNESOTA RIVER
BETWEEN GRANITE FALLS AND REDWOOD FALLS ALONG THE REDWOOD AND RENVILLE
COUNTY LINE IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING
HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAD
AS YET BEEN REPORTED WITH THESE THUNDERSTORMS BUT TO THE SOUTH HEAVIER
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING OUT OF MURRAY AND NOBLES COUNTIES INTO
COTTONWOOD AND JACKSON COUNTIES OF SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS WERE INDICATED AS SEVERE AND WARNINGS HAVE BEEN ISSUED FOR PORTIONS
OF THESE COUNTIES UNTIL 615 AM CDT THIS SATURDAY MORNING FOR LARGE HAIL
AND STRONG SURFACE WINDS.

ADDITIONAL SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO INDICATED OVER PORTIONS OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN. SCATTERED LIGHT RAINSHOWRS WERE
LOCATED BETWEEN PRINCETON AND LAKE MILLE LACS IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND
SCATTERED HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED BET5WEEN SPOONER AND HAYWARD
IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

MOVEMENT OF THESE SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM AREAS WAS TO THE EAST NORTHEAST
AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
DOMBROWSKY