Tornado Near Anoka - 70 MPH+ Winds Likely Across Metro

...A TORNADO WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR NORTHERN RAMSEY...NORTHERN
HENNEPIN...NORTHWESTERN WASHINGTON AND SOUTHERN ANOKA COUNTIES UNTIL
845 PM CDT...

AT 824 PM CDT...THE PUBLIC REPORTED A TORNADO. THIS TORNADO WAS
LOCATED NEAR ANOKA...OR 15 MILES NORTH OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING
EAST AT 55 MPH.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLAINE...MOUNDS VIEW...LEXINGTON...CIRCLE PINES...SHOREVIEW...LINO
LAKES...NORTH OAKS...CENTERVILLE AND FOREST LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

HEAVY RAINFALL MAY HIDE THIS TORNADO. DO NOT WAIT TO SEE OR HEAR THE
TORNADO. TAKE COVER NOW.

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
800 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN CHISAGO COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EXTREME SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
EXTREME EAST CENTRAL WRIGHT COUNTY IN CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
ANOKA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 900 PM CDT

* AT 756 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 18 MILES WEST OF DAYTON...OR ABOUT 23
MILES SOUTHWEST OF PRINCETON...AND MOVING EAST AT 60 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
HAMEL...
DAYTON...
MAPLE GROVE...
PLYMOUTH...
RAMSEY...
MEDICINE LAKE...
OSSEO...
ANOKA...
CHAMPLIN...
NEW HOPE...
ST FRANCIS...
CRYSTAL...BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
821 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010

THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A

* SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING FOR...
SOUTHERN WASHINGTON COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN HENNEPIN COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHERN DAKOTA COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
NORTHEASTERN SCOTT COUNTY IN EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...

* UNTIL 915 PM CDT

* AT 819 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM...CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING QUARTER SIZE HAIL AND DESTRUCTIVE WINDS IN EXCESS OF 70
MPH. THIS STORM WAS LOCATED 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF WATERTOWN...OR
ABOUT 24 MILES WEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...AND MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...
ST PAUL...
ST BONIFACIUS...
MINNETRISTA...
MOUND...
ORONO...
VICTORIA...
SHOREWOOD...
EXCELSIOR...
CHASKA...
CHANHASSEN...
WAYZATA...