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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2009Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2009, 4:44 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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 19, 2009, 4:44 PM CDT (21:44 UTC)
Expired: Jun 19, 2009, 5:45 PM CDT
In force: 61 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Pope County, MN

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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.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 19, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 3:07 PM CDT, 1 hour 37 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 3:53 PM CDT, 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 19, 11:37 AM CDT, 5 hours 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 50 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:07 PM CDT, 37 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:44 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
444 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

MNZ048-049-192245-
POPE-STEARNS-
444 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2009

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER EASTERN POPE AND WESTERN STEARNS
COUNTIES THROUGH 545 PM CDT...

AT 444 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF LONG BEACH. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LONG BEACH.
  GILCHRIST.
  SEDAN.
  GROVE LAKE.
  BROOTEN.
  PADUA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 4570 9492 4542 9511 4548 9555 4575 9543
TIME...MOT...LOC 2144Z 278DEG 14KT 4559 9540

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, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	51 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, 4:50 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

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2009 Every special weather statement in 2009

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.