Severe Thunderstorm Warning 41, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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