Severe Thunderstorm Warning 85, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
925 AM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING WINDS AND LIGHTNING STRIKES ACROSS
  EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA..

A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS HAS BEEN PRODUCING STRONG GUSTY WINDS ACROSS
PARTS OF NORTHERN HENNEPIN..ANOKA AND CHISAGO COUNTIES IN AREAS NEAR
AND JUST NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES AREA WITH THIS LINE BEGINNING TO MOVE
INTO FAR WESTERN SECTIONS OF WISCONSIN.

WINDS IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE WERE REPORTED IN ANDOVER OF ANOKA
COUNTY AT AROUND 910 AM AS THE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVED THROUGH
THE AREA.

IT APPEARS THAT THESE WINDS WILL MOVE ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHERN AND
CENTRAL PORTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO INCLUDING THE STATE FAIR BY
10 AM.
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PERSONS LIVING IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL AS ADJACENT AREAS
OF WESTERN WISCONSIN INCLUDING ST CROIX AND POLK COUNTY SHOULD BE
PREPARED FOR THE STRONG GUSTY WINDS MOVING TOWARD THE AREA.'

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
950 AM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

..STRONG THUNDERSTORMS PRODUCING HIGH WINDS ACROSS EASTERN MINNESOTA
  AND WESTERN WISCONSIN..

AT 945 AM CDT..THE LEADING EDGE OF A BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS
WITH HIGH WINDS WAS LOCATED ACROSS SCOTT..DAKOTA AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES
OF THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA AS WELL AS POLK AND BARRON COUNTIES OF
NORTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

THIS LINE OF ACTIVITY PRODUCED A 47 MPH WIND GUST AT TWIN CITIES
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT AT 936 AM. SIMILAR WIND GUSTS HAVE BEEN REPORTED
ACROSS OTHER AREAS OF THE TWIN CITIES.

THIS ACTIVITY WAS MOVING EAST SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH AND WILL BE MOVING
THROUGH SCOTT..DAKOTA AND SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTIES OF THE SOUTHERN
TWIN CITIES AREA AS WELL AS PIERCE..ST CROIX..BARRON AND DUNN COUNTIES
OF WISCONSIN BY AROUND 1030 AM.
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PERSONS LIVING IN THESE AREAS SHOULD BE PREPAREDi FOR WINDS IN THE
40 TO 50 MPH RANGE AS THIS STORM FRONT MOVES THROUGH.