Severe Thunderstorm Warning 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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.

KMSP 241946

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

AT 430 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED TO
DEVELOP OVER SCATTERED SECTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST WISCONSIN.  THE STRONGEST
OF THESE STORMS WERE IN AN AREA THAT EXTENDED FROM NEAR HUTCHINSON
...ABOUT 60 MILES WEST OF THE TWIN CITIES...NORTH TO NEAR LAKE
MILLE LACS...THEN EAST THROUGH MINONG IN NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.
ANOTHER AREA OF POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR ROCHESTER
IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...EAST THROUGH LA CROSSE WISCONSIN NORTH
TO NEAR MEDFORD.  THESE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS...EXTREMELY HEAVY RAINFALL
...AND FREQUENT DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES...ESPECIALLY...SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING
WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF NEEDED.

MOVEMENT OF THE THUNDERSTORMS WAS 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.
KRAFT

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
625 PM CDT WED MAY 24 1989

      ...ATTN SELS A MSP...

313 PM CDT...WIND MEASURED BY WCMP RADIO STATION AT PINE CITY IN
PINE COUNTY MN...MAX GUST 91 MPH. STRONGEST SUSTAINED 50 TO 60 MPH
FOR OVER 10 MIN. GOLF BALL SIZED HAIL SAME TIME. BUT...A LATER
CALL TO THEM FOR FOLLOW UP INFO DID NOT TURN UP ANY DAMAGE REPORTS!
AND SO IT GOES. NO OTHER SEVERE REPORTS ATTM.
RW

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

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE HAS CLEARED A PORTION OF THE TORNADO
WATH WHICH HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND EAST
CENTRAL MINNESOTA UNTIL 8 PM.

SPECIFICALLY..THE AREA WEST OF A LINE FROM NEAR ST. CLOUD TO MANKATO TO
FAIRMONT HAS BEEN CLEARED FROM THE TORNADO WATCH.
RICHARDSON

KMSP 241946

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

AT 630 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL CONTINUED OVER
SCATTERED SECTIONS OF SOUTH CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL...AND SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST WISCONSIN.  THEY WERE MAINLY LOCATED
TO THE EAST OF A LINE FROM DULUTH MINNESOTA TO MANKATO TO FAIRMONT.
THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS WERE LOCATED JUST WEST
OF FARIBAULT IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NEAR CROMWELL..JUST
SOUTH OF DULUTH...IN EXTREME EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.  THESE
THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...FREQUENT
DEADLY LIGHTNING...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN
OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS BOATING OR CAMPING SHOULD BE ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE READY TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.
MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 30 TO 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.
KRAFT