Severe Thunderstorm Warning 5, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1230 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 1226 PM...NO SEVERE WEATHER WAS REPORTED OR DETECTED IN MINNESOTA.
HOWEVER...CONDITIONS DO APPEAR FAVORABLE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND TORNADOES OVER PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF WESTERN MINNESOTA UNTIL
700 PM CDT THIS EVENING.  PERSONS IN THE AFFECTED AREAS SHOULD LISTEN
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS AS CONDITIONS DEVELOPE.

LIGHT RAINSHOWERS WERE FALLING OVER SCATTERED SECTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.  THEY WERE IN A 25 0MILE WIDE BAND FROM SPOONER TO BLACK
RIVER FALLS.

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

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
430 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR WESTERN MINNESOTA IN EFFECT UNTIL 700 PM CDT...

AT 430 PM...THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH HEAVY RAIN...WERE DEVELOPING
RAPIDLY OVER WIDELY SCATTERED SECTIONS OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF
MINNESOTA.  THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM
FARGO TO DETROIT LAKES TO MINNEAPOLIS TO LA CROSSE.  THE STRONGEST
THUNDERSTORMS WERE OVER WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...IN
THE FARGO...ALEXANDRIA VICINITY.  SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE
LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS IN WESTERN MINNESOTA SHOULD CONTINUE TO LISTEN FOR FURTHER
STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS...AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF
THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
KRAFT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
445 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 7PM IN WESTERN MINNESOTA...
...THUNDERSTORMS FORMING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 445 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE FORMING IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA ALONG A
LINE FROM LITTLE FALLS TO ST. CLOUD AND SOUTH TOWARDS LITCHFIELD. NO
SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED WITH ANY THESE STORMS...HOWEVER THEY
WERE STILL IN THE EARLY STAGES OF DEVELOPMENT AND MAY YET PRODUCE
HAIL...HEAVY RAIN AND STRONG...POSSIBLY DAMAGING WINDS.

MAKE PLANS NOW...AND BE READY TO MOVE QUICKLY TO A PLACE WHERE YOU
WILL BE SAFE IF THESE STORMS SHOULD BECOME SEVERE.

WDV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
542 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 11PM IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR STEARNS...BENTON AND SHERBURNE
COUNITES OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 540 PM CDT A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
JUST EAST OF ST. CLOUD...NEAR THE CITY OF FOLEY. BREIF HEAVY
RAIN...HAIL...AND STRONG WINDS WERE ACCOMPANYING THIS STORM AS IT
MOVED NORTH SAT 30 MPH.

BETWEEN 515 AND 530 PM 1/2 INCH HAIL FELL AT ST. JOSEPH...5 MILES
WEST OF ST. CLOUD...AND AT THE ST. CLOUD WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE.

WDV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA IN
   EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM...

AT 430 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY
OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF MINNESOTA.  THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED
TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FARGO TO PARK RAPIDS TO MILLE LACS LAKE
TO MINNEAPOLIS TO LA CROSSE.  THE STRONGEST OF THESE WERE NEAR ST CLOUD
AND ALBERT LEA.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS ENGAGED IN OU]TDOOR ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
KRAFT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
545 PM CDT SAT MAY 7 1988

...TORNADO WATCH FOR CENTRAL AND WESTERN MINNESOTA IN
   EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM...

AT 530 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN HAD DEVELOPED RAPIDLY
OVER MUCH OF THE SOUTHWEST HALF OF MINNESOTA.  THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED
TO THE SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FARGO TO PARK RAPIDS TO MILLE LACS LAKE
TO MINNEAPOLIS TO LA CROSSE.  THE STRONGEST OF THESE WERE NEAR ST CLOUD
AND ALBERT LEA.  THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...
DANGEROUS LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS TO THE NORTH AT 40 TO 50 MILES AN HOUR.
PERSONS ENGAGED I^N OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES ESPECIALLY SHOULD CONTINUE TO
LISTEN FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS AND WARNINGS.  BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE
SHELTER IMMEDIATELY IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.
KRAFT