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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2009, 12:59 AM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
- Aug 19, 2009, 12:59 AM CDT (05:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2009, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Swift County, MN
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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 Aug 18, 10:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 18, 10:58 PM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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Special weather statement, Aug 19, 12:20 AM CDT, 39 minutes before
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Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| Aug 18, 11:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Stevens, Swift | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 12:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 40 min |
| Aug 19, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 1:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 42 min |
| Aug 19, 2:16 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Swift | 5 hr |
| Aug 19, 1:04 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Hennepin, Isanti, Kanabec and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 19, 2:11 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 34 min |
| Aug 19, 2:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 2:53 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 22 min |
| Aug 19, 3:16 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 3:46 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 29 min |
| Aug 19, 4:21 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 41 min |
| Aug 19, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 21 min |
| Aug 19, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 51 min |
| Aug 19, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood | 58 min |
| Aug 19, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 6:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 31 min |
| Aug 19, 6:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Brown | 36 min |
| Aug 19, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville | 44 min |
| Aug 19, 2:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce | 32 min |
| Aug 19, 2:57 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 4:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 26 min |
| Aug 19, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 39 min |
| Aug 19, 4:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 46 min |
| Aug 19, 4:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Saint Croix | 27 min |
| Aug 19, 4:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pierce, Saint Croix | 47 min |
| Aug 19, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 47 min |
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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.