Severe Thunderstorm Warning 44, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 11, 1987, 7:52 AM CDT (12:52 UTC)

Expired

Jul 11, 1987, 8:20 AM CDT

In force

28 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Washington 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
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
752 AM CDT SAT JUL 11 1987

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

EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
 CHISAGO AND EXTREME NORTHERN WASHINGTON
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
 WESTERN POLK


AT 745 AM CDT TWIN CITIES RADAR INDICATED SEVERAL SEVER THUNDER-
STORMS THROUGH ISANTI AND ANOKA COUNTIES OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA 20 TO 30 MILES NORTH OF THE TWIN CITES. THESE THUNDER-
STORMS HAVE A HISTORY OF LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS IN EXCESS
OF 60 MILES AN HOUR. WINDS OF 87 MPH WERE REPORTED IN NORTHERN
WRIGHT COUNTY EARLIER THIS MORNING. CITIES IN THE PATH OF THESE
THINDERSTORMS ARE NORTH BRANCH..FOREST LAKE OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND ST CROIX FALLS OF POLK COUNTY OF WEST CNTRAL
WISCONSIN. THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ACCELERATED IN MOVEMENT TO
AROUND 45 MILES AN HOUR TO THE EST NORTHEAST.

REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 60
MPH..DESTRUCTIVE HAIL..DEADLY LIGHTNING AND VERY HEAVY RAIN. 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.

In the hours before

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

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.