Severe Thunderstorm Warning 70, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 23, 1987, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1987, 3:00 PM CDT

In force

52 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Washington County, MN, Saint Croix County, WI

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
208 PM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 300 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
 NORTHERN WASHINGTON
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
 ST CROIX


AT..205 PM CDT..RADAR WAS INDICATING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM JUST
WEST OF STILLWATER IN NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY OR ABOUT 15 TO
MILES NORTHEAST OF ST PAUL.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 TO 40 MILES
HOUR AND WILL BE AFFECTING AREAS NEAR STILLWATER..NEW RICHMOND..
HUDSON AND BALDWIN.

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 AON THE LOOKOUT AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF ONE IS SPOTTED.

WILLIS

In the hours before

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

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1987Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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.