Severe Thunderstorm Warning 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
600 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER MINNESOTA TODAY AND
         TONIGHT..HIGH RISK ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN
                 MINNESOTA...
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING ON A NORTH/SOUTH LINE VICINITY OF
FARGO CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OF KANSAS
CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. THIS WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 9 00 AM CDT THIS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH WILL NO DOUBT BE EXTENDED EAST AND SOUTH
THIS AFTERNOON.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXCELLENT FOR A EXPLOSIVE OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW IN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL PUMP MOISTURE AND
WARM UNSTABLE AIR NORTH INTO MINNESOTA MAKING FOR A VERY DANGEROUS
SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.
THESE STORMS TODAY SHOULD BE MOVING EAST 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS
MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE CERTAINLY LIKELY
FOR THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY DEVELOP ACROSS MINNESOTA
DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. THE DAKOTA LOW SHOULD TRACK NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR BY THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS MEANS ON THURSDAY COOLER AIR FROM CANADA WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER MINNESOTA BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DRIER AIR.
ALSO GUSTY NORTHWEST TO WEST SURFACE WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY
WILL MAKE IT SEEM MUCH COOLER WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN
MINNESOTA.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN FOR MINNESOTA AND
ALL PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THEIR RADIO..TV..BEST YET..THEIR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST DETAILS CONCERNING THIS STORMY
WEATHER PATTERN.

COLEMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
600 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...HIGH POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER OVER MINNESOTA TODAY AND
         TONIGHT..HIGH RISK ESPECIALLY ACROSS SOUTHERN
                 MINNESOTA...
INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS ARE BUILDING ON A NORTH/SOUTH LINE VICINITY OF
FARGO CURRENTLY AT THIS TIME. THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE OF KANSAS
CITY HAS ISSUED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF NORTHERN
AND WESTERN MINNESOTA. THIS WATCH IS VALID UNTIL 9 00 AM CDT THIS
WEDNESDAY MORNING. THIS WATCH WILL NO DOUBT BE EXTENDED EAST AND SOUTH
THIS AFTERNOON.

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS ARE EXCELLENT FOR A EXPLOSIVE OUTBREAK OF
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS AND POSSIBLE TORNADOES ACROSS MINNESOTA TODAY
AND TONIGHT. A SURFACE LOW IN SOUTH DAKOTA WILL PUMP MOISTURE AND
WARM UNSTABLE AIR NORTH INTO MINNESOTA MAKING FOR A VERY DANGEROUS

SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR.

THESE STORMS TODAY SHOULD BE MOVING EAST 30 TO 40 MPH ACROSS
MINNESOTA. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE CERTAINLY LIKELY
FOR THESE INTENSE THUNDERSTORMS AS THEY DEVELOP ACROSS MINNESOTA
DURING THE NEXT 12 TO 18 HOURS. THE DAKOTA LOW SHOULD TRACK NORTHEAST
ACROSS NORTHWEST MINNESOTA TO NORTH OF LAKE SUPERIOR BY THURSDAY
MORNING. THIS MEANS ON THURSDAY COOLER AIR FROM CANADA WILL MOVE
SOUTH OVER MINNESOTA BRINGING COOLER TEMPERATURES AND DRIER AIR.
ALSO GUSTY NORTHWEST TO WEST SURFACE WINDS 15 TO 30 MPH ON THURSDAY
WILL MAKE IT SEEM MUCH COOLER WITH A FEW SHOWERS ACROSS NORTHERN
MINNESOTA.

THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS SEVERE WEATHER PATTERN FOR MINNESOTA AND
ALL PERSONS SHOULD MONITOR THEIR RADIO..TV..BEST YET..THEIR NOAA
WEATHER RADIO FOR THE LASTEST DETAILS CONCERNING THIS STORMY
WEATHER PATTERN.

COLEMAN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
750 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL 9 AM CDT FOR PORTIONS OF WEST
    CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST MINNESOTA...

AT 745 AM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY
SEVERE WERE MOVING INTO WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  A LINE OF
THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED FROM EAST OF DETROIT LAKES MINNESOTA
SOUTHWEST TO THE SOUTH DAKOTA BORDER NEAR ABERDEEN.  THE HEAVIEST OF
THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS LOCATED OVER THE CITY OF CYRUS...25 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF ALEXANDRIA.  AT 749 AM CDT 1/4 TO 1/2 HAIL WAS REPORTED
JUST NORTH OF THE CITY OF CYRUS IN WESTERN POPE COUNTY.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30v MPH.

TRIPLETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL MN
810 AM CDT WED MAY 24  1989

      ..... SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 312 CANCELLED .....

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS CANCELLED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 312 ISSUED AT 341  AM CDT  FOR
     PORTIONS OF EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA
     PORTIONS OF NORTHERN AND WESTERN MINNESOTA

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE MOVED SOUTH OF THE POSTED WATCH AREA. THESE
THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN VERY INTENSE AND MAY YET PRODUCE LARGE HAIL
STRONG WINDS AND BRIEF HEAVY RAINFALLS.

..ANTHONY/RND...

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
815 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

AT 815 AM CDT THIS WEDNESDAY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS...SOME CONTAINING
SMALL HAIL...MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN AND GUSTY WINDS TO 40 MPH WERE
MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE
ENTERING WESTERN STEARNS...NORTHERN SWIFT AND EXTREME NORTHERN
KANDIYOHI COUNTIES AROUND 830 TO 900 AM THIS WEDNESAY MORNING.
THESE THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO MOVE SOUTHEAST AT 20 TO 30 MPH.

TRIPLETT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
840 AM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN
   MINNESOTA UNTIL 200 PM CDT THIS AFTERNOON...

A THUNDERSTORM WAS PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN AND QUARTER INCH SIZED HAIL
AT ALEXANDRIA FLIGHT SERVICE STATION. THIS THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED
BETWWN ELBOW LAKE AND GLENWOOD IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

MOVEMENT WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

AN AREA OF SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS HAD INCREASED IN AREAL COVERAGE
AND INTENSITY ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

THIS AREA WAS LOCATED FROM PARK RAPIDS IN NORTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TO ELBOW LAKE AND MORRIS IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA..TO JUST NORTH OF
MADISON AND JUST NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR..THEN TO PEQUOT LAKES TO NEAR
GRAND RAPIDS MINNESOTA.
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MOVEMENT OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS WAS EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.
SJC