Severe Thunderstorm Warning 52, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 6, 1999, 6:02 PM CDT (23:02 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1999, 6:45 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

Counties Anoka County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Washington County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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933 
WUUS1 KMSP 062303 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC003-123-163-062345-

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
602 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN HAS
ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 645 PM CDT

* AT 558 PM CDT...SEVERE WEATHER SPOTTERS REPORTED TREES DOWN ON
  THE EAST SIDE OF ST PAUL.  OTHER TREES WERE DOWNED AT 494 AND
  THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER.  THE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTH- NORTHEAST
  AT 40 MPH.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED
  WHITE BEAR LAKE
  HUGO
  LINO LAKES
  FOREST LAKE
  ST PAUL

THIS IS A DANGEROUS STORM...WITH DAMAGING WINDS.  STAY INDOORS
AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT.  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE
TORNADOES.
TDK


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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 6, 3:30 PM CDT, 2 hours 32 minutes earlier.

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
330 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1999

WDLY SCT SVR CONVECTION FIRING ALG DRY LN ACRS CNTRL MN ZONE FCST
AREA...SOUTHWARD INTO CENTRAL IA.  IA CONVECTION MOST LKLY HELPED
ALG BY DVLPG LEFT EXIT RGN OF 100KT JETLET SWERVING NNEWD.  FAIRBURY
WIND PROFILER SHOWING 120KT WNDS AT 25H. TORNADO WATCH COVERS ALMOST
ALL OF MN ZFA EXCEPT FOR FIVE WRN COUNTIES BEHIND DRY LN.  EXPC
CONVECTION TO INCREASE ACRS ERN MN CWA THROUGH 00Z.  CONVECTION
BEGINNING TO TAKE ON BOW CONFIGURATION WEST OF RFD IN SWRN WI/NRN
IL...SHOULD CONT TO THE ENE.  BULK OF ACTIVITY MAY MISS WI ZFA UNTIL
MN CONVECTION PUSHES IN LATER THIS EVENING.  CLOSED CIRCULATION IN
NRN SD WL BRING SCT-BKN SC SHIELD INTO NRN MN ZFA DRNG NGT AS IT
LIFTS NWD.  FEW -SHRA MAY ACCOMPANY THIS STRONG FEATURE BUT WL HOLD
OFF ON ANY MENTION OF THUNDER.

THERMAL RIDGE AND HUMIDITY RETURNS ON TUE WITH DIFLUENT THICKNESS b
OVER WRN AREA IN THE AFTN.  JET DYNAMICS NOT NEARLY AS STRONG BUT
ENOUGH TO WARRANT SML POP.

.MSP...NONE.
KAVINSKY

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Minnesota, 1999Every severe thunderstorm warning in 1999

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