Severe Thunderstorm Warning 40, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 2, 1988, 3:30 PM CDT (20:30 UTC)

Expired

Aug 2, 1988, 4:00 PM CDT

In force

30 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Sherburne 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 ST CLOUD MN
330 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 1988

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
EFFECTIVE UNTIL 430 PM CDT FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTY OF
CENTRAL MINNESOTA:

                   SHERBURNE

INCLUDING THE CITIES OF

BIG LAKE...BECKER..CLEAR LAKE...ELK RIVER AND ZIMMERMAN.


AT 325 PM CDT RADAR WAS SHOWING A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM BETWEEN BUFFALO
AND MONTICELLO IN WRIGHT COUNTY...30 MILES NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS.
THIS SERVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM. IF YOU ARE IN ITS PATH YOU SHOULD PREPARE
FOR DAM_AGING WIND IN EXCESS OF 55 MPH...LARGE HAIL...AND DEADLY
LIGHTNING.  BOATERS SHOULD MOVE OFF LAKES TO NEARBY SHELTER. PEOPLE
OUTSIDE SHOULD MOVE INSIDE STRONG BUILDINGS BUT STAY AWAY FROM
WINDOWS.

NISTLER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
250 PM CDT TUE AUG 2 1988

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS DEVELOPNG WEST OF THE
   TWIN CITIES...

AT 230 THIS AFTERNOON THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING RAPIDLY WEST OF
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITATN AREA FROM HUTCHINSON SOUTHWEST THROUGH
REDWOOD FALLS AND WORTHINGTON IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCED VERY HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS JUST NORTHWEST
OF HUTCHINSON ABOUT 50 MILES WEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING NORTHEAST AND ARE CECPECTED TO SPREAD
THROUGH CARVER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES BETWEEN 30 AND 400 PM THEN EVENTUALLY
OVER HENNEPIN AND THE REST OF THE METROPOLITAN AREA DURING THE REMAINDER
OF THIS AFERNOON.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE DOWNPOURS..GUSTY WINDS AND HAIL.
THOSE ON AREA LAKES ARE URGED TO ALLOW PLENTY OF TIME TO REACH A PLACE
OF SAFETY.  IT THREATENING WEATHERF APPRAOCHED BE PREPARED TO SEEK
SHELTER.
WJH

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1988Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1988

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.