Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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

KMSP 241946

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
AND HAD MOVED INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST PARTS OF WISCONSIN.

AT 235 PM..WEATHER RADAR WAS SHOWING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA MAINLY IN AREAS NORTH OF ST CLOUD. SOME OF THESE STORMS
HAVE BECOME SEVERE WHERE A WARNING HAS BEEN ISSUED FOR PARTS OF BENTON
AND MORRISON COUNTIES UNTIL 315 PM THIS AFTERNOON.

MOVMENT ON THIS ACTIVITY WAS NORTHEAST AT 25 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
WHERE HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE WAS REPORTED AT RIVER FALLS AROUND 2 PM.

WEATHER RADAR SHOWED MOST OF THE THUNDERSTORMS JUST WEST AND SOUTHWEST
OF EAU CLAIRE FROM DURAND TO MENOMONIE AND WHEELER. ANOTHER STRONG
THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED IN BARRON COUNTY TO THE NORTHWEST OF RICE
LAKE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL..STRONG GUSTY
WINDS AND VERY HEAVY RAINS. NO WARNINGS ARE CURRENTLY IN EFFECT FOR
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN BUT PERSONS SHOULD REMAIN ALERT IF FURTHER
DEVELOPMENT OCCURS.

TORNADO WATCHEMS REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN.
SWANBERG

KMSP 241946

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

STRONG THUNDERSTORMS REMAIN ACROSS WIDE SECTIONS OF CENTRAL..SOUTHEAST
AND NORTHEAST MINNESOTA AND COVERED A LARGE PORTION OF NORTHWEST AND
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

AT 335 PM..A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 PM
FOR PINE COUNTY WHERE EARLIER WIND GUSTS WERE CLOCKED TO 91 MPH IN PINE
CITY. THIS SEVERE STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

OTHER STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE OCCURRING FROM AROUND ST CLOUD TO DULUTH
AND INTO FAR NORTHWEST WISCONSIN NEAR DANBURY AND HAYWARD. THESE STORMS
WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.

FURTHER SOUTH..THUNDERSTORMS HAVE INCREASED IN INTENSITY OVER FAR
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND ADJACENT AREAS OF WESTERN WISCONSIN. THE
STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED JUST NORTHWEST OF THE LA CROSSE AREA
AND THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS..
HAIL AND VERY HEAVY RAINS AS IT MOVES TO THE NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES
AN HOUR.

TORNADO WATCHES REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WESTERN AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN UNTIL LATE THIS
EVENING.