Severe Thunderstorm Warning 77, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 23, 1987, 7:21 PM CDT (00:21 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1987, 8:15 PM CDT

In force

54 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Anoka County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Ramsey 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
721 PM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 
WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 815 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING 
COUNTIES OF

EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
 HENNEPIN...SOUTHERN ANOKA...RAMSEY AND 
 WASHINGTON


AT 712 PM CDT A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM
CIRCLE PINES IN SOUTHEAST ANOKA COUNTY TO LYNDALE IN WESTERN
HENNEPIN OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...OR FROM 25 MILES NORTHEAST
OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS TO 25 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.
THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

IN THE PATH OF THIS STORM ARE...ANOKA...SHOREVIEW...PLYMOUTH...
AND MEDINA FOR SURE. THE DOWNTOWN AREAS OF MINNEAPOLIS AND
ST. PAUL ARE ON THE PROJECTED EDGE OF THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS.
THOSE ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE RUNNING TO SHELTER
NOW.

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.

NAISTAT

In the hours before

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD, MN
335 PM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

...ATTN SELS...

SEVERE WEATHER REPORT FROM 23 JUL 1987

1218 PM CDT 1/2 INCH HAIL AT FOLEY MINNESOTA...10 MILES NORTHEAST OF
              ST. CLOUD.
1221 PM CDT 3/4 TO 1 INCH HAIL IN NOTHERN SECTIONS OF ST. CLOUD.
1230 PM CDT LARGE TREES DOWN...POWER POLES AND POWER LINES DOWN IN
            SAUK RAPIDS MINNESOTA...A NORTHERN SUBURB OF ST. CLOUD.

FRASER

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN
505 PM CDT THU JUL 23 1987

...TORNADO WATCH CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 900 PM CDT...

RADAR SHOWED AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING RAPIDLY IN
SOUTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE LOCALLY
HEAVY RAINFALL AND SMALL HAIL.

PEOPLE IN SOUTHERN SHERBURNE COUNTY AND ESPECIALLY NEAR THE CITIES
OF BECKER... BIG LAKE AND ELK RIVER SHOULD BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A
PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER DEVELOPES.

FRASER

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.