Severe Thunderstorm Warning 55, NWS Twin Cities, MN

Issued

Jun 6, 1999, 6:17 PM CDT (23:17 UTC)

Expired

Jun 6, 1999, 7:00 PM CDT

In force

43 min

Issued by

NWS Twin Cities, MN

Area

Whole counties

County Sibley County, MN

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 61 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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WUUS1 KMSP 062320 RRA
SVRMSP
MNC009-053-085-095-141-143-171-070000-

BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
617 PM CDT SUN JUN 6 1999

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
  BENTON COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MILLE LACS COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SIBLEY COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  MCLEOD COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA
  SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA

* UNTIL 700 PM CDT

* AT 617 PM CDT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR INDICATED     
  SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS EXTENDING FROM LAKE MILLE LACS...SOUTH 
  TO 21 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON. THE LINE WAS MOVING 
  NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH. THIS LINE OF STORMS HAS A HISTORY OF
  PRODUCING DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.

* SOME LOCATIONS AFFECTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  PRINCETON
  ONAMIA
  MILACA
  GLENCOE
  ELK RIVER
  BUFFALO

A TORNADO WATCH IS ALSO IN EFFECT FOR THE WARNED AREA. REMEMBER...
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS CAN PRODUCE TORNADOES WITH LITTLE OR NO ADVANCE
WARNING.

THESE ARE DANGEROUS STORMS...STAY INDOORS AWAY FROM WINDOWS.

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 47 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

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