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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 27, 2009Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2009, 7:17 PM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 58 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 27, 2009, 7:17 PM CDT (00:17 UTC)
Expired
Jun 27, 2009, 8:15 PM CDT
In force
58 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Renville 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.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 27, 6:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 27, 6:50 PM CDT, 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 27, 5:12 PM CDT, 2 hours 5 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
512 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
281100-
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-
512 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING IN WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS ARE POSSIBLE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED THROUGH THE EVENING IN
PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

TDK

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 27, 5:15 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
515 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

MNZ041-042-048-049-272300-
DOUGLAS-POPE-STEARNS-TODD-
515 PM CDT SAT JUN 27 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DOUGLAS...POPE...STEARNS AND TODD
COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

AT 513 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR GARFIELD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GARFIELD.
  ALEXANDRIA.
  NELSON.
  OSAKIS.
  WEST UNION.

LAT...LON 4591 9480 4563 9501 4588 9566 4605 9558
TIME...MOT...LOC 2214Z 288DEG 35KT 4594 9550
Special weather statement, Jun 27, 6:20 PM CDT, 57 minutes before
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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.