Severe Thunderstorm Warning 68, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
615 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

...PART OF NORTHERN MINNESOTA IS BEING CLEARED FROM SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
   WATCH NUMBER 420...

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED RAPIDLY ACROSS PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING. DUE TO THIS RAPID MOVEMENT MUCH OF THE WESTERN
HALF OF SEVERE THUNDESTORM WATCH NUMBER 420 HAS BEEN CLEARED. THE
COUNTIES WHICH HAVE BEEN CLEARED ARE...MARSHALL..LAKE OF THE WOODS..
POLK..PENNINGTON..RED LAKE..NORMAN..MAHNOMEN..CLEARWATER..BELTRAMI..
CLAY..BECKER..HUBBARD.WILKIN..OTTERTAIL..WADENA..TRAVERSE..GRANT AND
NORTHERN DOUGLAS.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER NORTH CENTRAL AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS STILL HAVE THE POTIENTAL FOR PRODUCING SEVERE
WEATHER UNTIL 9 AM THIS MORNING AND SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 420
WILL REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR HE EASTERN COUNTIES OF THE WATCH AREA.
MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT R40 TO 45 MILES AN HOUR.
DOMBROWSKY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMANT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
0705 AM CDT THU JUL 23  1987

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 420 ISS}UED AT 211 AM CDT
FOR CENTRAL AND NORTHERN MINNESOTA. THUNDERSTORMS WILL
CONTINUE TO DIMINISH DURING THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS BUT ARE
NOT EXPECTED TO REACH SEVERE LIMITS.

DOMBROWSKY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1142 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

...STRONG THUNDERSTORM MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 1140 RADAR SHOWED A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR ALBANY IN CENTRAL
STEARNS COUNTY OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALBANY IS 18 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ST CLOUD.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE PRODUCED PEA SIZE HAIL AND SOME HAIL UP TO
1/2 INCH.

THE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED...HOWEVER PERSONS IN THE PATH OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CAN EXPECT SMALL HAIL...GUSTY WINDS...AND BRIEF
HEAVY RAIN.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE THROUGH THE ST CLOUD AREA BETWEEN 12 NOON CDT
AND 1 PM CDT

YOUNG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1155 AM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

    ..STRONG THUNDERSTORM OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA..

AT 1140 AM CDT..AN ISOLATED INTENSE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER
CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO THE WEST OF ST CLOUD NEAR THE TOWN OF ALBANY IN
NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTY.

THIS THUNDERSTORM IS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG GUSTY WINDS ALONG
WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES EAST
AT ABOUT 35 MILES AN HOUR TOWARD THE ST CLOUD AREA.

THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS PART OF AN AREA OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
REMAINING ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS
NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN FROM NEAR ALEXANDRIA..TO ST CLOUD AND
MONTICELLO..EAST TOWARD HAYWARD WISCONSIN.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
SWANBERG