Severe Thunderstorm Warning 19, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
NOON PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL EXTREMELY HIGH FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA
   THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER HAS PLACED MINNESOTA IN A
HIGH RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.  THIS MEANS
THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS EXTREMELY HIGH.  THE ATMOSPHERIC
CONDITIONS WE HAVE IN PLACE TODAY ARE RARELY SEEN IN MINNESOTA AND ARE
MORE TYPICAL OF THOSE WHICH OCCUR IN PLACES LIKE OKLAHOMA AND TEXAS
DURING OUTBREAKS OF SEVERE WEATHER.

A STRONG LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN EXTREME EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA...A JET
STREAM BLOWING AT OVER 130 MILES AN HOUR IN THE UPPER ATMOSPHERE...AN
INFLUX OF WARM MOIST AIR FROM THE SOUTH...AND A VERY UNSTABLE AIRMASS
ARE COMBINING TO CREATE AN EXPLOSIVE METEOROLOGICAL SITUATION.  STORMS
THIS MORNING HAVE ALREADY PRODUCED GOLF BALL SIZE HAIL NEAR ALEXANDRIA
AND REDWOOD FALLS.

STORMS DEVELOPING THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WILL BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING VERY STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAIN...AND
TORNADOES.  THE AREA WHICH HAS THE HIGHEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE
WEATHER IS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER AND THOSE YOU HEAR THROUGH THE
NEWS MEDIA SHOULD BE TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY SINCE MANY OF THE
THUNDERSTORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE WEATHER WHICH WILL
BE A THREAT TO LIFE AND PROPERTY.

REMEMBER...THE SAFEST PLACE TO BE IS THE LOWEST LEVEL OF A BUILDING...
A BASEMENT...OR IN A CLOSET OR BATHROOM ON THE LOWEST LEVEL.  AVOID
WINDOWS AND DOORS.  IN LARGE BUILDINGS GO TO A DESIGNATED SHELTER
AND AVOID AREAS WITH LARGE SPAN ROOFS.  DO NOT TRY TO OUTRUN A TORNADO
IN YOUR CAR...BUT INSTEAD GET OUT OF YOUR CAR AND GET IN A DITCH OR
LOW LYING AREA OR A NEARBY BUILDING IF AVAILABLE.  ALSO GET OUT OF
MOBILE HOMES AS THEY ARE VERY VUNERABLE TO HIGH WINDS AND TORNADOES.

IN SUMMING UP...THIS IS NOT A TYPICAL SEVERE WEATHER SITUATION FOR
MINNESOTA.  THE THREAT IS VERY HIGH FOR SEVERE WEATHER AND THE STORMS
COULD BE VERY VIOLENT.
CAMPBELL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1215 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO PUSH NORTHEAST ACROSS THE TWIN CITY
   METRO AREA...

AT 1210 PM A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS THE TWIN CITY METRO
AREA.  THE AREA OF STRONGER STORMS RAN FROM EXTREME NORTHERN HENNEPIN
COUNTY NEAR DAYTON ACROSS HOPKINS...BLOOMINGTON AND INTO NORTHERN
SCOTT COUNTY ABOUT 5 MILES EAST OF PRIOR LAKE.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS
WERE MOVING EAST NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH. NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS YET BEEN
REPORTED FROM THESE THUNDERTORMS.

HOWEVER....SOME THUNDERSTORMS OUTSIDE THE METRO HAVE BECOME SEVERE AND
PRODUCED LARGE HAIL.  REMEMBER...A TORNADO WATCH IS $IN EFFECT FOR MUCH
OF EASTERN AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL 8PM.  THIS DOES INCLUDE THE
TWIN CITY METO AREA.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1240 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA..

AT 1235 PM..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS STRETCHED ACROSS THE TWIN CITIES
METROPOLITAN AREA AND ON NORTH TOWARD ELK RIVER..PRINCETON AND LAKE MILLE
LACS. ANOTHER THUNDERSTORM PRODUCING VERY HEAVY HEAVY WAS LOCATED JUST
SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD.

NO WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR THIS ACTIVITY BUT STRONG GUSTY
WINDS..SMALL HAIL..FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES AND LOCALLY VERY HEAVY
RAINS ARE LIKELY AS THESE STORMS MOVE TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 TO 30 MILES
AN HOUR.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFHFECT FOR A LARGE PORTION OF SOUTHERN AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS THE NORTHWEST PART OF WISCONSIN UNTIL
800 PM CDT. PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT AND LISTEN FOR STATEMENTS AND
POSSIBLE WARNINGS.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
135 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8 PM CDT...
...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL IN WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY...

AT 130 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WERE LOCATED IN
WESTERN STEARNS COUNTY MINNESOTA. THE THUNDERSTORMS WITH THE GREATEST
THREAT OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN...HAIL AND STRONG WINDS WERE IN AN
AREA FROM NEAR PAYNESVILLE...TO WEST OF ALBANY...ABOUT 25 MILES WEST
OF ST. CLOUD. DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THESE STORMS.
THE STORMS HAVE BEEN MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

GOLFERS SHOULD STAY IN THE CLUB HOUSE...FISHERPERSONS SHOULD BE OFF
THE LAKES...IN FACT THE BEST ADVICE IS FOR ANYONE IN THE VICINITY
OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS TO BE INDOORS...AWAY FROM WINDOWS AND OFF THE
TELEPHONE.

WDV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
225 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM CDT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE...

AT 120PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE.
BOATERS ON THE LAKE ON THE LAKE SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
THE THUNDERSTORMS WILL COVER MOST OF THE LAKE UNTIL 430 PM THIS
AFTERNOON.

WDV

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTION TO TIME IN 1ST LINE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
225 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

...TORNADO WATCH UNTIL 8PM CDT IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
...THUNDERSTORMS APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE...

AT 220PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS...SOME WITH STRONG GUSTY WINDS...POSSIBLE
SMALL HAIL AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING WERE APPROACHING MILLE LACS LAKE.
BOATERS ON THE LAKE ON THE LAKE SHOULD HEAD FOR SHORE IMMEDIATELY.
THE THUNDERSTO RMS WILL COVER MOST OF THE LAKE UNTIL 430 PM THIS
AFTERNOON.

WDV