Severe Thunderstorm Warning 89, 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.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT AND RADAR SUMMARY
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1050 AM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

..SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  UNTIL 1115 AM CDT..

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN STEARNS..
SOUTHWEST MORRISON AND SOUTHEAST TODD COUNTIES UNTIL 1115 AM IN AREAS
JUST NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD.

AT 1035 AM CDT..WEATHER RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM CENTERED
JUST NORTHWEST OF ALBANY IN EXTREME NORTHERN STEARNS COUNTY. EARLIER
THIS STORM PRODUCED GOLFBALL SIZE HAIL IN NORTHERN STEARNS AND SOUTHERN
TODD COUNTIES.

THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR.

ELSEWHERE..SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS REMAINED IN A BAND ACROSS SOUTHEAST
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL AND NORTHWEST WISCONSIN FROM NEAR HAYWARD..
TO EAU CLAIRE..TO SOUTH OF MINNEAPOLIS NEAR NEW PRAGUE AND NORTHFIELD.

AN OVERALL WEAKENING TREND HAD OCCURRED ON THIS ACTIVITY BUT SOME GUSTY
WINDS ARE STILL LIKELY AS THIS BAND MOVES TO THE EAST SOUTHEAST AT
40 MILES AN HOUR.

FURTHER SOUTH ANOTHER BAND OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WAS MOVING
THROUGH FAR SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN FROM ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AT ALMA WISCONSIN TO BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND
LA CROSSE.

THESE SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MILES AN
HOUR.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
1143 AM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

...THUNDERSTORMS INCREASING IN INTENSITY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA WILL
MOVE INTO POPE COUNTY...

AT 1135AM CDT THUNDERSTORMS WERE INCREASING IN INTENSITY FROM JUST
SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA TO JUST NORTH OF MORRIS...30 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
ALEXANDRIA. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND WIL
ENTER POPE COUNTY NEAR CYRUS BY 12 NOON. HAIL...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND
STRONG WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

WDV

LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MN
200 PM CDT THU AUG 31 1989

...ATTN SELS...

PRELIMINARY STORM DATA REPORT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA FOR AUG 31:

1015 AM CDT    GOLF BALL HAIL     SOUTHERN TODD COUNTY...6 MILES
                                  NORTH OF SAUK CENTRE...40 MILES
                                  NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD.

1034 AM CDT    ONE INCH HAIL      STEARNS COUNTY...ST ROSA...
                                  25 MILES NORTHWEST OF ST CLOUD.

1213 PM CDT    3/4 INCH HAIL      POPE COUNTY...LOWRY...12 MILES
                                  SOUTH OF ALEXANDRIA.

NISTLER

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

STRONG AND IN SOME CASES SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE REGENERATED FROM
NEAR ST CLOUD TO JUST NORTH OF ANNANDALE ACROSS EASTERN STEARNS AND
FAR NORTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR PARTS OF STEARNS..
SHERBURNE AND BENTON COUNTIES UNTIL 330 PM.

AT 245 PM..THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDED FROM NEAR LITCHFIELD AND ANNANDALE TO
ST CLOUD AND ON FURTHER EAST TOWARD CAMBRIDGE.

THE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 30 MILES AN HOUR BUT THE MOST RECENT
DEVELOPMENT HAS BEEN ALONG THE SOUTHWEST PORTION OF THE AREA ACROSS
WRIGHT AND MEEKER COUNTIES OR IN ARE[AS NORTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS.

PERSONS IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA SHOULD KEEP ABREAST OF THIS DEVELOPING
WEATHER SITUATION AND LISTEN FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS.