Lightning damaged the bell tower at the St. Cloud Children's Home that was built in 1924.
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Lightning damaged the bell tower at the St. Cloud Children's Home that was built in 1924. Although the main brick work wasn't damaged, the main damage occurred with the wooden structure surrounding the bell tower.
The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Oct 7, 9:45 PM CST, 45 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1045 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2015 .SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2015 THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERNS REMAIN TIMING OF PRECIPITATION/FRONTAL PASSAGE AND THREAT FOR THUNDER. CURRENT WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING POTENT SHORT WAVE DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHEAST SASKATCHEWAN. NARROW LINE OF CONVECTION AHEAD OF THE WAVE ACROSS EASTERN NORTH DAKOTA. FARTHER SOUTH...IN DRIER ATMOSPHERE ACROSS EASTER SOUTH DAKOTA...SOME ACCAS DEVELOPED THIS AFTERNOON. MAY SEE A SPRINKLE OR BRIEF SHOWER INTO WEST CENTRAL MN BEFORE 00Z. OTHERWISE...MODELS INDICATE AS SHORT WAVE APPROACHES WESTERN MN THIS EVENING...FORCING INCREASES AND SHOULD CONTINUE TO GENERATE CATEGORICAL POPS OVER THE NORTHERN NORTH CENTRAL CWA THROUGH 06Z. THIS SHOULD INCREASE AND SPREAD SOUTH AND EAST OVER THE EASTERN CWA 06Z-12Z. TRIED TO MATCH HIGHER POPS WITH GREATER ISENTROPIC LIFT AS IT SPREADS INTO WISCONSIN. MODELS HAVE TRENDED A BIT FASTER WITH THE WAVE...TAKING MOST OF THE RAIN EAST OF THE CWA BY 15Z THU. THUNDER THREAT REMAINS AS WELL...AS THE WAVE TRAVERSES THE AREA. WILL CONTINUE THE ISOLATED THUNDER MENTION FOR NOW. SYSTEM EXITS TO THE EAST DURING THE MORNING AND CAA DEVELOPS. MODELS ALSO CONTINUE TO INDICATE A BAND OF LOWER CLOUDS DROPPING SOUTHEAST ACROSS AT LEAST THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA DURING THE MORNING. THIS CONTINUES INTO THE AFTERNOON...SO THE EASTERN HALF OF THE AREA SHOULD REMAIN MOSTLY CLOUDY. NORTHWEST WINDS INCREASE IN THE WAKE OF THE LOW...WITH GUSTS AROUND 30 MPH LIKELY INTO THE WEST/SOUTHWEST. .LONG TERM...(THURSDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY) ISSUED AT 245 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2015 DRY FORECAST THROUGHOUT THE EXTENDED...WITH THE MAIN EMPHASIS ON HIGH TEMPERATURES THIS COMING WEEKEND. FORECAST SOUNDINGS FOR SUNDAY ARE SIMILAR TO THE OBSERVED SOUNDING FROM OCT 19 2000...WHICH WAS A RECORD 84 DEGREES AT MSP. THE SETUP IS FAVORABLE FOR RUNAWAY HIGH TEMPERATURES. RAIN SHOULD HAVE EXITED THE REGION BY THE START OF THIS FORECAST PERIOD THURSDAY NIGHT. WEAK COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL BRING COOL AIR ACROSS THE REGION...AND IF WINDS GO CALM COULD HAVE FROST ACROSS THE WEST FRIDAY MORNING. THE COLD AIR ADVECTION WILL QUICKLY COME TO AN END AS LEE SIDE WARMING AND DIABATIC HEATING DEVELOPS A TONGUE OF 15 TO 20C H850 TEMPS ACROSS THE HIGH PLAINS FRIDAY AFTERNOON. THIS WILL ADVECT ACROSS THE REGION SATURDAY SO HAVE INCREASED TEMPERATURES. FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW POTENTIAL FOR SOME MID LEVEL CLOUDS...SO DID NOT GO TO EXTREME FOR AFTERNOON HIGHS. SATURDAY NIGHTS LOWS WILL ONLY FALL INTO THE MID 50S...AND COULD SEE ANOTHER 30 DEGREES ADDED TO THAT SUNDAY AFTERNOON. THAT WOULD BREAK THE RECORD OF 84/82 AT MSP/STC...AND BE CLOSE TO THE RECORD OF 85 AT EAU. AS MENTIONED ABOVE...FORECAST SOUNDINGS SHOW SOUTHWEST WINDS AND CLEAR SKIES...WITH SEASONABLY WARM AIR ALOFT. MIXING DOWN TEMPERATURES FROM THE GFS 900MB LEVEL GIVES SURFACE HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S ACROSS THE REGION. IN THE END...WENT WITH A MORE CONSERVATIVE HIGH OF 83/81/79 AT MSP/STC/EAU...BUT THIS SETUP CERTAINLY HAS POTENTIAL TO EXCEED THOSE NUMBERS IF THINGS COME TOGETHER. LOOKING AHEAD...A COLD FRONT WILL PUSH THROUGH THE REGION SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...SO INCREASED WINDS WELL ABOVE GUIDANCE DURING THAT TIME FRAME...AND COULD EASILY SEE GUSTS NEAR 40MPH. ZONAL FLOW WILL LEAD TO ANOTHER ROUND OF LEE SIDE WARMING...SO TEMPERATURE WILL REMAIN ABOVE NORMAL THROUGH AT LEAST THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 06Z TAFS THROUGH 06Z THURSDAY NIGHT) ISSUED AT 1045 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2015 SHOWERS AND A FEW THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO MARCH ACROSS MOST OF THE TAF SITES THROUGH THE EARLY MORNING HOURS ON THURSDAY AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT. THE FRONTAL PASSAGE REMAINS ON TRACK THURSDAY MORNING WITH GUSTY NORTHWEST WINDS DEVELOPING FROM WEST TO EAST BY AFTERNOON. CONFIDENCE IS INCREASING ON LOW MVFR CEILINGS TO SPREAD ACROSS CENTRAL MN THURSDAY MORNING AND MOVE EAST AND SOUTH DURING THE AFTERNOON. CONTINUED THE FORECAST OF BKN-OVC015-025. THE GUSTY WINDS WILL DIMINISH THURSDAY EVENING ALONG WITH THE CEILINGS LIFTING AND SCATTERING OUT DURING THE NIGHT. KMSP...CONFIDENCE HAS INCREASED SINCE THE LAST CYCLE ON THE THREAT FOR MVFR CEILINGS ON THURSDAY. THE BEST CHANCE APPEARS TO BE DURING THE 21Z-03Z TIME FRAME. THE 06Z TAF NOW REFLECTS THIS. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ FRI...VFR. WINDS NW 6-10 KTS. SAT...VFR. WINDS SW 15-20G25 KTS. SUN...VFR. WINDS SW 12-15 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...DWE LONG TERM...JRB AVIATION...RAH
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 817 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2015 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 081200- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 817 PM CDT WED OCT 7 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TONIGHT ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 90 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 04:28 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike damaged a bell tower at the St. Cloud Children's Home that was built in 1924.
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