Severe Thunderstorm Warning 108, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
644 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

A NEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH EFFECTIVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT COVERS MUCH
OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA INCLUDING THE ST CLOUD AREA.

AT 630 PM CDT THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP OVER CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS LOCATED 20 MILES NORTHWEST OF
ALEXANDRIA AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. OTHER STRONG STORMS
WERE LOCATED IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND NORTH OF THE TWIN CITIES.

ALTHOUGH NO SEVERE WEATHER HAS BEEN REPORTED SINCE 500 PM THE
POTENTIAL FOR STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL...HEAVY RAINS AND FREQUENT
LIGHTNING STRIKES DOES EXIST WITH THESE STORMS AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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MNZ014-013-180345-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST CLOUD MINNESOTA
944 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT...

AT 930 PM THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED OVER CENTRAL MINNESOTA FROM WEST
OF THE TWIN CITIES TO NEAR REDWOOD FALLS. THE STRONGEST STORM WAS
LOCATED JUST NORTH OF REDWOOD FALLS AND WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25 MPH.

AROUND 815 PM 3/4 INCH HAIL WAS REPORTED AT MONTEVIDEO WHICH IS
35 MILES SOUTHWEST OF WILLMAR. AROUND 830 PM NUMEROUS TREES AND
TWO BARNS WERE BLOWN DOWN NEAR MONTEVIDEO. ALSO TREES WERE REPORTED
DOWN NEAR MAYNARD WHICH IS 12 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO.

THUNDERSTORMS HAVE DECREASED IN INTENSITY AND COVERAGE SINCE
J9 PM HOWEVER THE POSSIBILITY OF SEVERE WEATHER STILL EXISTS
IN THE WATCHED AREA OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

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LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE ST. CLOUD MN
1000 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...FOR REPORTS IN WATCH # 687 ONLY...

720 PM CDT...5 LARGE PINE TREES DOWN IN EASTERN PART OF THE CITY OF
             GLENWOOD OR 15 S AXN. 1 TREE DOWN AND BLOCKING ROAD 1 MILE
             SOUTH OF GLENWOOD. POWER OUT IN LOWRY...14 SSW AXN.
815 PM CDT...3/4 INCH HAIL IN MONTIVIDEO...43 NW RWF.
815 PM CDT...WIND IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH PEGGED NEEDLE AT KDMA RADIO
             IN MONTIVIDEO...TIME ESTIMATED.
830 PM CDT...2 STORY BARN EXPLODED-DESTROYED 6 MILES WEST OF MONTIVIDEO
             ON RIVER ROAD. ALSO ANOTHER BARN DESTROYED 1 MILE SOUTH OF
             THERE.
830 PM CDT...20 FT TALL TREES DOWN NEARa MAYNARD...37 NW RWF
854 PM CDT...UNCONFIRMED FUNNEL CLOUD 4 N OF ECHO...15 WNW RWF.

KRUSE

MNZALL-180400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1005 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 687 CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 687 HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF A LINE
FROM FOREST LAKE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO JUST SOUTH OF WILLMAR.
THE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO
ST JAMES.

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA..INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA..REMAINS
IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FROM RED WING TO NEW ULM SOUTH TO THE IOWA BORDER.
WISCONSIN.

MOVEMENT WfAS TO THE EAST AT 20 MILES AN HOUR.

AS OF 1250 PM...NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNINGS WERE IN EFFECT...THE MAJOR
THREAT AT THIS POINT IS THE DANGEROUS LIGHTNING AND POSSIBILITY OF STREET
FLOODING ESPECIALLY AROUND THE TWIN CITIES.

MNZALL-180400-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT..CORRECTION TO DELETE GARBLE AT END
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
1005 PM CDT WED JUL 17 1991

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH 687 CANCELLED FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH NUMBER 687 HAS BEEN CANCELLED NORTH OF A LINE
FROM FOREST LAKE IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA TO JUST SOUTH OF WILLMAR.
THE WATCH HAS ALSO BEEN CANCELLED WEST OF A LINE FROM REDWOOD FALLS TO
ST JAMES.

SOUTHERN MINNESOTA..INCLUDING THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA..REMAINS
IN THE SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH UNTIL MIDNIGHT. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS
ALSO IN EFFECT UNTIL 400 AM IN SOUTHEAST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA
FROM RED WING TO NEW ULM SOUTH TO THiE IOWA BORDER.