Severe Thunderstorm Warning 45, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
540 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS RUMBLE OVER WEST WISCONSIN...

AT 530 PM...THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN CONTINUED OVER SCATTERED
SECTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST WISCONSIN.  THEY WERE
MAINLY LOCATED IN A 30 MILE WIDE BAND FROM MILLE LACS LAKE MINNESOTA
TO SANDSTONE TO RICE LAKE WISCONSIN TO GREENWOOD TO NEILSVILLE.  THE
STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE IN THE RICE LAKE...SPOONER AREA OF
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN.  SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS MAY PRODUCE HAIL...
STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING...IN ADDITION TO VERY HEAVY
RAINFALL.  PERSONS ENGAGED IN OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD REMAIN ALERT
FOR THREATENING WEATHER AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE EAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
KRAFT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
650 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS REDEVELOP IN PIERCE COUNTY OF WEST WISCONSIN...

AT 650 PM...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM HAD DEVELOPED OVER PIERCE COUNTY
OF EXTREME WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...IN THE ELLSWORTH...REDWING AREA.
THIS STORM HAS THE POTENTIAL TO PRODUCE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...HAIL
...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING STRIKES.  PERSONS
ENGAGED IN OUTDCOOR ACTIVITIES SHOULD BE ESPECIALLY CAUTIOUS
AND SEEK SAFE SHELTER IF THREATENING WEATHER APPROACHES.

MOVEMENT WAS TO THE SOUTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN HOUR.
KRAFT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST. PAUL MN
705 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989

SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 352 NO LONGER IN EFFECT IN MINNESOTA

THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER HAS DIMINISHED DURING THE PAST SEVERAL
HOURS OVER MINNESOTA. THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH WHICH HAD BEEN
POSTED FOR EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA HAS BEEN CANCELLED. ALTHOUGH THE
WATCH HAS BEEN CANCELLED THERE STILL REMAINS A GOOD CHANCE FOR SHOWERSY
AND THUNDERSTORMS THROUGH OUT THE NIGHT.
RND

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
715 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE TO REDEVELOP IN WESTERN WISCONSIN...

AT 715 PM RADAR SHOWED A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING IN WESTERN
WISCONSIN.  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR THE RED WING
AREA OF GOODHUE COUNTY OF MINNESOTA WHICH IS ABOUT 35 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MINNEAPOLIS TO JUST NORTH OF EAU CLAIRE.  THE STRONGEST THUNDER
STORMS WERE IN PIERCE COUNTY OF WISCONSIN FROM JUST EAST OF RED WING
THEN TO PLUM CITY.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THEY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE...GUSTY WINDS..AND
LIGHTNING STRIKES.  THEY WILL` BE MOVING INTO PEPIN AND SOUTHERN
DUNN COUNTIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN BY 730PM.  SOME CITIES IN THE
PATH OF THESE COUNTIES ARE PEPIN IN PEPIN COUNTY AND EAU GALLE IN
SOUTHERN DUNN COUNTY.
PAULSON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
740 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE OVER WESTERN WISCONSIN...

AT 726 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN CONTINUE TO DEVELOP IN
WESTERN WISCONSIN.  THIS LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM ALONG THE
MISSISSIPPI RIVER NEAR LAKE CITY TO DURAND TO JUST SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE.
THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED NEAR DURAND...WHICH IS ABOUT
20 MILES SOUTHWEST OF EAU CLAIRE.

THESE THUNDERSTORMS ARE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.  THEY HAVE THE
POTENTIAL OF PRODUCING HAIL UP TO MARBLE SIZE...GUSTY WINDS..AND
LIGHTNING STRIKES.  THEY WILL BE MOVING INTO EAU CLAIRE AND TREMPALEAU
AND BUFFALzO COUNTIES OF WESTERN WISCONSIN BY 830PM.  SOME CITIES IN THE
PATH OF THESE COUNTIES ARE ALMA...STRUM...AND OSSEO IN WISCONSIN.
ERICKSEN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
840 PM CDT MON MAY 29 1989

...POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS LASH WEST WISCONSIN...

AT 830 PM...A POWERFUL THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING NEAR STRUM IN EXTREME
NORTHERN TREMPEALEAU COUNTY OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN....ABOUT 30 MILES
SOUTHEAST OF THE CITY OF EAU CLAIRE.  THIS STORM WAS MOVING TO THE EAST
AT 35 TO 40 MILES AN HOUR.  ALTHOUGH THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
THAT HAD BEEN IN EFFECT FOR SOUTHWEST EAU CLAIRE COUNTY EXPIRED AT 830 PM
THIS IS STILL A DANGEROUS THUNDERSTORM.  PERSONS IN THE TOWNS OF STRUM
...LEVIS...OSSEO...AND PRICE SHOULD BE ALERT TO THREATENING WEATHER
AND BE PREPARED TO SEEK SAFE SHELTER.

OTHER THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN...HAIL...STRONG GUSTY WINDS...
AND DEADLY LIGHTNING STRIKES WERE OCCURRING IN A 30 MILE WIDE AREA
FROM NELSON TO GREENWOOD IN WEST AND CENTRAL WISCONSIN.