Severe Thunderstorm Warning 153, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Aug 6, 1996, 6:59 PM CDT (23:59 UTC)

Expired

Aug 6, 1996, 8:00 PM CDT

In force

61 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 143 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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TTAA00 KMSP 070002 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC173-070100-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
659 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 1996

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR
  EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTY - SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 800 PM CDT
 
* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
    GRANITE FALLS
    HAZEL RUN
    HANLEY FALLS
    WOOD LAKE

* AT 658 PM CDT DOPPLER RADAR DETECTED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM 30
  MILES SOUTH OF MONTEVIDEO MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH..

GO INSIDE A STURDY BUILDING AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS! A TORNADO
WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES.

RICHARDSON
 
IN OPEN AREAS...GO TO A LOW PLACE SUCH AS A RAVINE OR VALLEY.
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In the hours before

MNZ004>096-070200-

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT...MINNESOTA SEVERE WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
200 PM CDT TUE AUG 6 1996

...SEVERE WEATHER EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS MINNESOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND THIS EVENING...

THE STORM PREDICTION CENTER INDICATES THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON
LASTING INTO THIS EVENING.

A STRONG COLD FRONT WAS MOVING INTO WESTERN PORTIONS OF MINNESOTA
EARLY THIS AFTERNOON. THIS FRONT WILL MOVE SLOWLY EASTWARD DURING THE
EVENING...BUMPING INTO THE HOT AND VERY HUMID AIRMASS OVER THE STATE.
THUNDERSTORMS SHOULD DEVELOP RAPIDLY AFTER 4 PM FROM NORTH CENTRAL TO
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA. THE LINE OF STORMS WILL THEN SHIFT EASTWARD AND
AFFECT EASTERN PORTIONS OF THE STATE THROUGH THE EVENING HOURS.
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THE MAIN THREAT FROM THE STORMS WILL BE STRONG WINDS...HAIL...AND
HEAVY DOWNPOURS. A FEW STORMS DURING THE EVENING MAY HAVE THE POTENTIAL
TO PRODUCE TORNADOES ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA.

PERSONS IN MINNESOTA ARE URGED TO STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO FOR
ANY WATCHES OR WARNINGS ISSUED BY THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
SEVERE STORM SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE REQUIRED AS WELL.
DWE/JPR

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1996Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1996

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.