Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 3, 1988, 10:33 PM CDT (03:33 UTC)

Expired

Aug 3, 1988, 11:15 PM CDT

In force

42 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Chisago County, MN, Polk County, WI

The WSR-88D network and its archive begin in 1991, so there is no radar volume for this alert.

NCEI Storm Data entries that began inside the alert's area while it was in force. Before 2003 the local storm report archive is thin, so this is the record of what happened rather than what was phoned in. Storm Data before 1996 records only tornadoes, thunderstorm wind and hail.

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BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
1033 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988
 
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS HAS ISSUED A
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING EFFECTIVE UNTIL 1115 PM CDT
FOR PEOPLE IN THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
 
IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
          ...NORTHERN CHISAGO
IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
          ...POLK
 
AT 1030 PM...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING NEAR CENTER CITY IN
CHISAGO COUNTY OF EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...ABOUT 30 MILES
NORTHEAST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS. MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35
MILES AN HOUR. CITIES INCLUDED IN THIS WARNING ARE CENTER
CITY...TAYLORS FALLS...ST CROIX FALLS AND BALSAM LAKE.
 
 
WHEN THUNDERSTORMS ARE OCCURRING..MOVE INSIDE A STRONG BUILDING
DO NOT STAND BY WINDOWS.  DON'T USE TELEPHONES OR ELECTRICAL
APPLIANCES UNLESS IN AN EMERGENCY. REMEMBER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
CAN AND OCCASIONALLY DO PRODUCE TORNADOS WITH LITTLE OR NO WARNING.
 
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.
MILLER

In the hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
745 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH SMALL HAIL HAS MOVED INTO PIERCE COUNTY
IN WESTCENTRAL WISCONSIN.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES CAN ALSO BE
EXPECTED WITH THIS THUNDERSTORM.  THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORM WAS
JUST EAST OF RED WING MINNESOTA MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH TOWARD
ELLSWORTH WISCONSIN...35 MILES SOUTHEAST OF THE TWIN CITIES.

OTHER STRONG THUNDEURSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN EXTEND EASTWARD INTO
SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY IN THE AREA OF MENOMONIE.
BRANCH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
915 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

AT 915 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING THROUGH THE WESTERN TWIN CITIES.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WIND GUSTS TO 50 MILES AN HOUR WERE REPORTED ON
THE NORTH SIDE OF LAKE MINNETONKA IN WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY AT
900 PM.  ANOTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS ALSO LOCATED IN CARVER
COUNTY.  THEY WERE SPREADING TO THE EAST INTO DAKOTA...ANOKA...AND
RAMSEY COUNTIES.  FREQUENT LIGHTNING...VERY HEAVY RAINS...AND STRONG
GUSTY WINDS CAN BE EXPECTED UNTIL 1030 PM IN THE TWIN CITIES.

PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF THESE STORMS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT FOR
THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF NEEDED.
BRANCH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
940 PM CDT WED AUG 3 1988

AT 926 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE MOVING THROUGH
THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THEY PRODUCED
SMALL HAIL AND 50 MPH WINDS IN MOUND IN WESTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY
AROUND 900 PM.  THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO OCCURRING FROM TURTLE LAKE
TO INGRAM IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...AND FROM ST CLOUD TO NEW ULM
IN CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  PERSONS IN THE VICINITY OF
THESE STORMS SHOULD BE ALERT FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED
TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFTEY IF NEEDED.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE NORTHEAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
KRAFT

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1988Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Wisconsin, 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; verification from NCEI's Storm Data; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive.