Severe Thunderstorm Warning 20, NWS Twin Cities, MN

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK UPDATE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS/ST PAUL MN
150 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING...

THE NATIONAL SEVERE STORMS FORECAST CENTER INDICATES THAT SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT ACROSS SOUTHWEST
AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS HAVE ALREADY DEVELOPED OVER PORTIONS OF EASTERN
SOUTH DAKOTA AND ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP RAPIDLY DURING THE NEXT FEW
HOURS ACROSS NEBRASKA...IOWA AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. TORNADOES...
LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE POSSIBLE WITH THE THUNDERSTORMS
AND MAY LIKELY LAST MUCH OF THE NIGHT TONIGHT AS THEY MOVE THROUGH
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA.

THERE IS ALSO A RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO
THE EXTREME SOUTHEAST...BUT THE SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL PORTIONS
ARE UNDER THE GREATEST THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS AFTERNOON
THROUGH THIS EVENING.

SKYWARN SPOTTERS...LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES...EMERGENCY MANAGERS
AND OTHER LOCAL OFFICIALS SHOULD BE PREPARED TO ACTIVATE SPOTTER
NETWORKS ACROSS SOUTHERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. ALL PERSONS IN THE
THREATENED AREA ARE URGED TO REVIEW SAFETY RULES...AND LISTEN TO
RADIO...TELEVISION...OR NOAA/NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RADIO STATIONS
FOR POSSIBLE WATCHES OR WARNINGS. THIS IS A POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS
WEATHER SITUATION AND SHOULD NOT BE TAKEN LIGHTLY.
DWE

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
520 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...TORNADO PRODUCING THUNDERSTORM SOUTHWEST OF REDWOOD COUNTY...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS OCCURRING OVER WESTERN PORTIONS OF
MURRAY COUNTY NEAR THE TOWN OF SLAYTON AT 515 PM THIS TUESDAY
EVENING. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH AND
WILL LIKELY MOVE INTO EXTREME SOUTHWEST REDWOOD COUNTY BETWEEN
530 PM AND 6 PM THIS EVENING.

THIS THUNDERSTORM HAS PRODUCED A TORNADO SOUTH OF CHANDLER
ALONG WITH LARGE HAIL NEAR IOTA BOTH IN SOUTHERN MURRAY COUNTY.
PERSONS IN WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY SHOULD PREPARE TO MOVE INDOORS
WHEN THIS DANGEROUS STORM APPROACHES YOUR AREA.
DWE/BAP

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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MINNEAPOLIS MN
550 PM CDT TUE JUN 16 1992

...SEVERE THUNDERSTORM MOVING THROUGH MURRAY COUNTY...

AT 545 PM...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WAS MOVING THROUGH NORTHERN
PORTIONS OF MURRAY COUNTY ABOUT 10 MILES NORTH OF SLAYTON NEAR
THE TOWN OF CURRIE. THE STORM WAS MOVING TO THE NORTHEAST AT
NEARLY 35 MILES AN HOUR. THIS WOULD BRING THE STORM INTO
SOUTHWEST REDWOOD COUNTY AROUND 6 PM.

THE STORM PRODUCED A TORNADO NEAR CHANDLER IN MURRAY COUNTY
AND NEAR THE TOWN OF IONA IN LYON COUNTY BETWEEN 5 PM AND 5 30 PM.
INJURIES HAVE BEEN REPORTED IN THESE TWO TOWNS. DAMAGE WAS ALSO
REPORTED NEAR LAKE WILSON AT 5 40 PM.

PERSONS IN WESTERN REDWOOD COUNTY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THE POSSIBILITY
OF DANGEROUS WEATHER IN THE FORM OF STRONG WINDS...LARGE HAIL
AND EVEN TORNADOES. YOU SHOULD MOVE INDDORS WHEN THREATING WEATHER
APPRAOCHES.

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA U`NTIL 11 PM THIS
EVENING.
DWE