Severe Thunderstorm Warning 83, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jul 23, 1987, 9:27 PM CDT (02:27 UTC)

Expired

Jul 23, 1987, 10:15 PM CDT

In force

48 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Brown County, MN, Nicollet 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 ROCHESTER MN
927 PM CDT THU JUL 23 1987
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1015 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...BROWN...NICOLLET
 
AT 915 PM RADAR INDICATED A LINE OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM REDWOOD
FALLS TO 40 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS MOVING TO THE EAST AT 30 MPH.
THIS WARNING INCLUDES THE TOWNS OF NEW ULM AND ST. PETER.
 
 
 
 
A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA.  REMEMBER
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOES
WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE WARNING.  REMAIN CALM BUT BE ALERT TO
RAPIDLY CHANGING WEATHER CONDITIONS.
 
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCE DAMAGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55
MPH...DESTRUCTIVE HAIL...DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAIN.
FOR YOUR PROTECTION MOVE TO AN INTERIOR ROOM ON THE LOWEST FLOOR
OF YOUR HOME OR BUSINESS.  HEAVY RAINS FLOOD ROADS QUICKLY SO
DON'T DRIVE INTO AREAS WHERE WATER COVERS THE ROAD.

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.