Severe Thunderstorm Warning 118, NWS Twin Cities, MN

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
650 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT...INCLUDING
THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES WAS BEGINING TO
MOVE NORTHWARD AT 10 MPH AND AT THIS RATE WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA BETWEEN 730 AND 800 PM...

AT 640 PM...POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND MORE POWERFUL STORMS WERE
MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA FROM THE DAKOTAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING INTENSE FLOODING TYPE RAINFALLS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WAS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN WINONA COUNTY BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND WINONA...NEAR
FEEMONT AND UTICA.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH
OF NEW ULM. AND FROM MANKATO AND EAST TO WASECA AND OWATONNA.

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING
AND SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY HIGH OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...THIS EVENING.
BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST AND...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TP A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES OR IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...CORRECTED FOR CODING...
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
650 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1991

...FLASH FLOOD WATCH FOR MUCH OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA FOR TONIGHT...INCLUDING
THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA...
...A LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS 40 MILES SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES WAS BEGINING TO
MOVE NORTHWARD AT 10 MPH AND AT THIS RATE WILL BE IN THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES
METRO AREA BETWEEN 730 AND 800 PM...

AT 640 PM...POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOP OVER SOUTH CENTRAL AND
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTH OF THE TWIN CITIES...AND MORE POWERFUL STORMS WERE
MOVING INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA FROM THE DAKOTAS. SOME OF THESE STORMS WERE
PRODUCING INTENSE FLOODING TYPE RAINFALLS...STRONG GUSTY WINDS OF 50 TO 60 MPH
AND POSSIBLY SOME HAIL. THE MOST INTENSE RAINFALL WAS IN SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA
NEAR THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN WINONA COUNTY BETWEEN ROCHESTER AND WINONA...NEAR
FEEMONT AND UTICA.

ANOTHER AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS OVER SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH
OF NEW ULM. AND FROM MANKATO AND EAST TO WASECA AND OWATONNA

THIS IS A DANGEROUS WEATHER SITUATION...BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING
AND SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY HIGH OVER SOUTHERN MINNE:SOTA...THIS EVENING.
BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST AND...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TP A PLACE OF SAFETY IF
SEVERE WEATHER APPROACHES OR IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
745 PM CDT SUN JUL 21 1991

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE SOUTHERN PORTIONS OF THE
TWIN CITIES METROPOLITIAN AREA...
...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH POSTED FOR SOUTHERN MINNESOTA UNTIL
MIDNIGHT...INCLUDNG THE TWIN CITIES...
...TORNADO WATCH CONTINUES FOR SOUTHWEST AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
TILL 11 PM CDT...

POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUE DEVELOP AND MOVE NORTHWARD FROM ACROSS
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. THE LEADING EDGE OF THIS AREA WAS CROSSING INTO
THE SOUTHERN COUNTIES OF THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITIAN AREA. THESE
STORMS HAVE THE POTIENTAL TO TORRENTIAL RAINS...LARGE HAIL...STONG
WINDS AND DANGEROUS LIGHTNING. THE STRONGEST OF THESE STORMS EXTENDED
FROM CENTRAL SIBLEY COUNTY EAST INTO WESTERN SCOTT COUNTY. THESE
STORMS WILL MOVE NORTHWARD INTO THE HEART OF THE METROPOLITIAN AREA
DURNG THE NEXT SEVERAL HOURS.

PERSONS OUT AND ABOUT SHOULD KEEP A WATCHFUL EYE ON THE SKY AND LISTEN
FOR FURTHER STATEMENTS OR WARNING CONCERNING THESE POTIENTALLY DANGEROUS
STORMS.

IN ADDITION A FLASH FLOOD WATCH ALSO REMAIN IN EFFECT FOR MUCH OF
SOUTHERN TONIGHT. BECAUSE THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING AND SEVERE WEATHER
IS VERY HIGH PERSONS IN THE WATCH AREA MUST BE PREPARED FOR THE WORST
AND...BE PREPARED TO MOVE TO A PLACE OF SAFETY IF SEVERE WEATHER
APPROACHES OR IF FLOODING IS OCCURRING.

OTHER SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WERE DROPING SOUTHEAST ALONG THE MINNESOTA
RIVER WHERE WARNING HAVEBEEN POSTED FOR THE THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND
STRONG WINDS. TO THE SOUTHEAST ALONG THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER FROM RED WING
TO NORTH OF CALADONIA POWERFUL THUNDERSTORMS ARE ALSO PRODUCING GOLFBALL
DIAMETER HAIL AND RAgIN IN THE 1-2 INCH RANGE.

ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA THESE THUNDERSTORMS WERE MOVING NORTH AT 10 TO
15 MPH WHILE THE STRONG ACTIVITY IN WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA WAS DROPPING
SOUTHEAST AT 15 TO 20 MPH.
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