Severe Thunderstorm Warning 102, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
848 PM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CONTINUES FOR MOST OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
AND LARGE PARTS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN UNTIL 10 PM CDT...

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING UNTIL 845 PM FOR FARIBAULT AND
EASTERN MARTIN COUNTY OF SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

AT 825 PM SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE SCATTERED OVER CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND EXTENDED INTO WEST WISCONSIN.

THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINS WERE RACING ACROS EXTREME SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA JUST NORTH OF THE IOWA BORDER. THESE VERY HEAVY THUNDERSTORMS
EXTENDED FROM EAST OF FAIRMONT TO NEAR LACROSSE. THESE THUNDERSTORMS
ALSO HAVE HAD A HISTORY OF PRODUCING LARGE HAIL RANGING FROM MARBLE TO
BASEBALL IN DIAMETER.

OTHER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE ALSO SCATTERED ACROSS CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. AS THESE THUNDERSTORMS MOVE EAST OVER SOME OF THESE
SAME AREAS..LOCALIZED FLOODING MAY BE POSSIBLE.

MOVEMENT CONTINUES EAST AT 40 MILES AN HOUR.
RND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
925 PM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704 CANCELLED FOR SECTIONS OF
   CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 704 HAS BEEN CANCELLED IN
MINNESOTA NORTH OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO NORTHFIELD TO
TO LE SUEUR TO REDWOOD FALLS TO CANBY NEAR THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER.

THIS SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS NO LONGER IN EFFECT FOR THE TWIN
CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA.
WJH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1155PM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH CANCELLED IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CANCELLED SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH
NUMBER 706 IN SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA WEST OF A LINE FROM MANKATO TO
FAIRMONT. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 100 AM
FOR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA.
WJH

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1253 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH TORRENTIAL RAINS ENTERING THE TWIN CITIES...

AT 1250 AM...THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING VERY HEAVY RAINS OVER
PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SOME THUNDERSTORMS WERE PRODUCING RAIN AT SUCH A RATE THAT VISIBILITIES
WERE REDUCED TO NEAR ZERO AT A NUMBER OF LOCATIONS.  THE MOST RECENT
REPORT OF SUCH RAINFALL WAS 1240 AM NEAR ROGERS...OR ABOUT 25 MILES
NORTHWEST OF DOWNTOWN MINNEAPOLIS.

SOME OF THESE AREAS RECEIVED HEAVY RAINS EARLIER TODAY.  THESE STORMS
COULD EASILY CAUSE SOME SMALL STREAM AND URBAN FLOODING.

THIS TYPE OF SITUATION IS ESPECIALLY DANGEROUS AT NIGHT...WHEN MOTORISTS
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SEE FLOODED ROADWAYS.

THESE STORMS WERE JUST ENTERING THE WESTERN AND NORTHERN PORTIONS OF
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...AND WILL MOVE ACROSS THE
TWIN CITIES THROUGH AT LEAST 2 AM.

THERE WILL UNDOUBTEDLY BE SOME UNDERPASSES AROUND THE TWIN CITIES
WHICH WILL FLOOD.  DO NOT DRIVE THROUGH FLOODED AREAS.  BE VERY
CAREFUL OF THIS DANGEROUS SITUATION.

TDK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
115 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 1989

...WINDS TO 55 MPH IN THE TWIN CITIES...

AT 108 AM...A WIND GUST TO 52 MPH WAS REGISTERED AT THE NATIONAL
WEATHER SERVICE IN MINNEAPOLIS.

THESE STORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS THE METROPOLITAN AREA THROUGH 2 AM.
WHILE THE STORMS DO NOT AT THIS TIME APPEAR TO BE SEVERE...PEOPLE
AROUND THE AREA SHOULD BE READY TO MOVE TO SAFETY IF THE STORMS
SHOULD BECOME ANY STRONGER.

TDK

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
130 AM CDT FRI SEP 1 1989

...WINDS TO 55 MPH CAN BE EXPECTED ACROSS THE EASTERNMOST PART OF
THE TWIN CITIES...AND INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...

WINDS BETWEEN 50 AND 55 MPH CONTINUE TO BE REPORTED.  AT 125 AM...
THESE WINDS WERE CURRENTLY IN EASTERN RAMSEY...WASHINGTON...AND DAKOTA
COUNTIES...OR JUST ACROSS THE EASTERN AND SOUTHERN SUBURBS OF ST. PAUL.

THE STORMS !ARE POISED TO ENTER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.  PERSONS IN
ST. CROIX...PIERCE...PEPIN...AND DUNN COUNTIES OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
SHOULD BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR THESE STORMS...AND BE READY TO GET TO
SHELTER IF THE STORMS BECOME ANY STRONGER.

TDK