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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2009Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2009, 8:24 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 18, 2009, 8:24 PM CDT (01:24 UTC)
Expired: Jun 18, 2009, 9:15 PM CDT
In force: 51 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Todd County, MN

The radar

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The text

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:16 PM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
716 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0630 PM     HAIL             6 NNW MILACA            45.84N 93.69W
06/18/2009  E1.25 INCH       MILLE LACS         MN   PUBLIC

            LASTED ABOUT TEN MINUTES. GROUND WHITE.

&&

TRH

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDT, 52 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:37 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
737 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0707 PM     HAIL             3 NW GRASSTON           45.83N 93.20W
06/18/2009  E0.75 INCH       KANABEC            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CARLYON

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDT, 36 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
748 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

MNZ042-190130-
TODD-
748 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

AT 747 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES NORTH OF DEER CREEK
TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF PARKERS PRAIRIE TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
MILLERVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HEWITT.
  EAGLE BEND.
  CLARISSA.
  BERTHA.
  BROWERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4636 9465 4615 9466 4578 9464 4579 9513
      4620 9515 4636 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0047Z 270DEG 22KT 4649 9538 4619 9526
          4602 9549

Local storm report, Jun 18, 7:57 PM CDT, 27 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
757 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0750 PM     HAIL             8 S MOTLEY              46.22N 94.64W
06/18/2009  M1.00 INCH       MORRISON           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CARLYON

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 8:24 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
824 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

MNZ042-190215-
TODD-
824 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

AT 821 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
STAPLES TO CLARISSA TO 3 MILES EAST OF OSAKIS. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

AT 810 PM DIME SIZE HAIL WAS REPORTED AT STAPLES AND STRONG WINDS
IN THE 40 TO 50 MPH RANGE WERE REPORTED AROUND EAGLE BEND.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH CAN CONTINUE TO BE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CLARISSA.
  BROWERVILLE.
  PHILBROOK.
  BURTRUM.
  LITTLE SAUK.
  LONG PRAIRIE.

LAT...LON 4634 9466 4610 9465 4583 9466 4583 9514
      4609 9504 4637 9486
TIME...MOT...LOC 0123Z 270DEG 25KT 4635 9484 4612 9495
          4587 9507

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 18, 7:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	57 min
Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	43 min
Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	42 min
Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	47 min
Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	38 min
Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	54 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	48 min
Jun 18, 9:43 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne, Stearns, Wright	47 min
Jun 18, 11:43 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	62 min
Jun 19, 1:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	45 min
Jun 19, 1:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	30 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	66 min
Jun 19, 4:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	38 min
Jun 19, 4:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	61 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	55 min
Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker, Wright	54 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	38 min
Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	21 min
Jun 19, 4:57 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	63 min
Jun 19, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	40 min

Nearby

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Sources

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