Severe Thunderstorm Warning 98, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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