Severe Thunderstorm Warning 97, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
850 AM CDT MON JUL 27 1987

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO PRODUCE HEAVY DOWNPOURS OF RAIN
IN AREAS ALONG AND NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER ACROSS PARTS OF
WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.

AT 840 AM CDT..THESE HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED IN
A NORTH/SOUTH BAND ACROSS MUCH OF BUFFALO AND SOUTHWEST TREMPEALEAU
COUNTIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN FROM WEST OF MONDOVI..THROUGH DODGE AND
FOUNTAIN CITY AND TOWARDS THE TOWNS OF GAILSVILLE AND TREMPEALEAU..WITH
THE SOUTHERN EDGE OF THE HEAVY RAINS THEN INTO WINONA COUNTY OF SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA FROM NEAR WINONA TO JUST WEST OF LA CROSSE.

SOME MINOR FLOODING IS POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS MAINLY ALONG SMALLER
STREAMS..DITCHES AND LOW SPOTS SO MOTORISTS SHOULD TAKE SOME EXTRA
PRECAUTIONS IN THESE AREAS.

MOVEMENT ON THE STORMS WAS SOUTHEAST AT ABOUT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER S#HOWERS..MOST OF THEM LIGHT..CONTINUED ACROSS OTHER PARTS OF
WESTERN WISCONSIN MAINLY SOUTH OF EAU CLAIRE AND FURTHER TO THE EAST
OF THE LA CROSSE AREA.
SWANBERG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1000 AM CDT MON JUL 27 1987

..HEAVY RAINS OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA..

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INTO
THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MINNESOTA. THESE STORMS HAVE BEEN PRODUCING
SOME VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG WITH FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.

AT 940 AM CDT..THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN OVER PARTS OF BUFFALO
COUNTY FROM 25 TO 40 MILES SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE. IN THIS
AREA STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOPE OVER THE SAME AREAS OF
NORTHERN AND CENTRAL BUFFALO COUNTY SO SMALLER STREAMS MAY BEGIN TO GO
OUT OF THEIR BANKS. THROUGH 940 AM..NO SIGNIFICANT FLOODING HAS BEEN
REPORTED ACROSS BUFFALO COUNTY BUT MUCH OF THE AREA IS ISOLATED AND
REPORTS ARE FEW. THIS POTENTIAL FLOODING SITUATION WILL BEAR WATCHING
SO PERSONS IN AND NEAR BUFFALO COUNTY SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THE
SITUATION. MOTORISTS ARE CAUTIONED TO BE CAREFUL WHEN DRIVING THROUGH
LOW AREAS AND NEAR STREAMS.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS..ALSO PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS..REMAINED OVER
SOUTHERN TREMPEALEAU AND LA CROSSE COUNTIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN.

IN THE SOUTHEAST CORNER OF MINNESOTA MAINLY ACROSS WINONA AND HOUSTON
COUNTIES VERY HEAVY RAINS HAVE BEEN OCCURRING AND SOME MINOR FLOODING
IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS. STRONGEST RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS
WERE IN THE CALEDONIA..LA CRESCENT AND HOUSTON AREAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR WHILE
THE ENTIRE AREA ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA WAS
INDICATING LITTLE IF ANY MOVEMENT.

THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONOTORED CLOSELY THROUGH TH_E MORNING
HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL SOME FLODING IN
THESE AREAS.
SWANBERG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1105 AM CDT MON JUL 27 1987

   ..HEAVY RAINS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN..

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINS ACROSS PARTS
OF WESTERN WISCONSIN IN AREAS ACROSS PEPIN..BUFFALO..TREMPEALEAU AND
FURTHER SOUTHEAST TOWARD LA CROSSE.

AT 1045 AM CDT..RADAR CONTINUED TO SHOW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS TO THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE FROM NEAR DURAND..SOUTHEAST THROUGH MONDOVI
AND GILMANTON IN BUFFALO COUNTY..EXTENDING THROUGH SOUTHERN TREMPEALEAU
COUNTY IN THE BLAIR AND GALESVILLE AREAS.

THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOPE IN THESE SAME AREAS OF BUFFALO AND
TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES. THE BUFFALO COUNTY SHERIFFS OFFICE REPORTED THAT
STREAMS ARE RUNNING HIGH BUT NO MAJOR PROBLEMS AS OF 1030 AM.

MOTORISTS ARE ADVISED TO USE CAUTION TODAY AS SMALLER STREAMS CONTINUE
TO RISE.

FURTHER TO THE NORTH..SOME NEW THUNDERSTORMS WERE DEVELOPING OVER
PARTS OF POLK AND ST CROIX COUNTIES IN THE AMERY..NEW RICHMOND AND
BALDWIN AREAS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR SO THEY
MAY MOVE OVER AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY RECIEVED HEAVY RAINS TO THE SOUTH
AND SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE.

THE SITUATION WILL CONTINUE TO BE MONOTORED CLOSELY THROUGH THE AFTERNOON
HOURS. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR THE POTENTIAL SOME FLOODING IN
THESE AREAS.
SWANBERG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1205 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1987

..HEAVY RAINS BEGIN TO LET UP ACROSS PARTS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN..

THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HEAVY RAINS WERE BEGINNING TO BECOME LESS
NUMEROUS IN AREAS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE ACROSS PEPIN AND
BUFFALO COUNTIES BUT FURTHER SOUTHEAST VERY HEAVY RAINS REMAIN OVER
MUCH OF TREMPEALEAU COUNTY.

AT 1145 AM CDT..RADAR WAS SHOWING THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS CONCENTRATED
IN THE GALESVILLE..BLAIR AND WHITEHALL AREAS OF TREMPEALEAU COUNTY..SOUTH
THROUGH LA CROSSE. OTHER SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSHOWERS WERE WIDELY
SCATTERED TO THE WEST AND NORTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE.

PERSONS IN PEPIN..BUFFALO AND TREMPEALEAU COUNTIES..AS WELL AS AREAS
FURTHER SOUTHEAST TOWARD LA CROSSE SHOULD WATCH FOR MINOR FLOODING
ALONG LOW SPOTS..SMALL STREAMS AND OTHER AREAS WHERE HIGH WATER COULD
CAUSE PROBLEMS.

MOVEMENT ON THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WESTERN WISCONSIN
CONTINUED SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.
SWANBERG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1250 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1987

..VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM FORMS OVER NORTHWEST WISCONSIN..

AT 1235 PM CDT..RADAR WAS SHOWING A VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORM THAT HAD
DEVELOPED OVER CENTRAL BURNETT COUNTY OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN NEAR THE
TOWNS OF SIREN AND WEBSTER.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE STRONG GUSTY WINDS..VERY
HEAVY RAINS..SMALL HAIL AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AS IT MOVES TO
THE SOUTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR. IF THIS STRONG THUNDERSTORM HOLDS
TOGETHER IT WILL BE MOVING THROUGH PARTS OF NORTHEAST POLK AS WELL AS
BARRON COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN THROUGH 1 PM.

FURTHER SOUTH..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN
MAINLY BETWEEN EAU CLAIRE AND LA CROSSE WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS STILL
ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ACTIVITY. MINOR FLOODING REMAINS A THREAT IN THIS
AREA.

MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 M	ILES AN HOUR.
SWANBERG

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
155 PM CDT MON JUL 27 1987

..VERY STRONG THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE ACROSS NORTHWEST WISCONSIN..

AT 145 PM CDT..RADAR WAS SHOWING A BAND OF INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS LOCATED
ACROSS BARRON..NORTHEAST DUNN AND CHIPPEWA COUNTIES OF NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.

THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING IN THE TURTLE LAKE..RIDGELAND
SAND CREEK AND BLOOMER AREAS TO THE NORTHEAST OF CHIPPEWA FALLS AND
EAU CLAIRE. MOVEMENT TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR WILL TAKE THESE
STRONG THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH AREAS NEAR EAU CLAIRE AND CHIPPEWA FALLS
THROUGH 3 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

STRONG GUSTY WINDS..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES..VERY HEAVY RAINS ALONG
WITH SMALL HAIL ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE THROUGH SOUTHERN
CHIPPEWA..EASTERN DUNN AND EAU CLAIRE COUNTIES.

ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR AND NORTH OF
LA CROSSE.

THIS PRECIPITATION WWAS ALSO MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SWANBERG