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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 26, 2010Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2010, 3:28 PM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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 26, 2010, 3:28 PM CDT (20:28 UTC)
Expired
Jun 26, 2010, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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 26, 3:09 PM CDT, 19 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:09 PM CDT, 19 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 1:46 PM CDT, 1 hour 42 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
146 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
271900-
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-
146 PM CDT SAT JUN 26 2010

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FROM THE MIDDLE OF
THIS AFTERNOON THROUGH TONIGHT ACROSS MOST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. A
MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IS EXPECTED DURING THIS
TIME FRAME GENERALLY WEST OF A LINE FROM MADISON TO SPRINGFIELD.
A TORNADO WATCH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM SOUTH OF A LINE...FROM
APPLETON...TO BLOMKEST...TO WATERTOWN...TO NEW PRAGUE TO NORTHFIELD.
A WARM FRONT WILL LIE NEAR THE MINNESOTA AND IOWA BORDER BY MID
TO LATE THIS AFTERNOON...POTENTIALLY CAUSING ANOTHER ROUND OF LATE
AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTHWEST AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY OF THESE
STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP DURING THAT TIME INCLUDE LARGE HAIL...
HEAVY RAIN...AND SOME TORNADOES. ALSO...A COLD FRONT WILL TRACK
ACROSS THE DAKOTAS INTO WESTERN MINNESOTA DURING THE EVENING AND
INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN LATE TONIGHT.
THIS WILL BRING A CHANCE FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE
ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT...WITH DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN
BEING THE PRIMARY THREATS. IN ADDITION...FLASH FLOODING IS
POSSIBLE TONIGHT ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA...PRIMARILY IN SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA WHERE A FLASH FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN
ON SUNDAY. NO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

THE RECENT RAINFALL ACROSS THE AREA HAS LED TO RIVER RISES.
DEPENDING ON RAINFALL AMOUNTS AND PLACEMENT THROUGH EARLY
SUNDAY...THE MINNESOTA RIVER MAY RISE TO NEAR FLOOD STAGE DURING
THE COMING WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL DEFINITELY BE NEEDED.

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 26, 3:28 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 25, 7:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington36 min
Jun 25, 7:13 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca62 min
Jun 25, 7:17 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXGoodhue43 min
Jun 25, 7:29 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley and 2 more3 hr
Jun 25, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Watonwan60 min
Jun 25, 7:33 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue27 min
Jun 25, 7:37 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan53 min
Jun 25, 7:42 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca33 min
Jun 25, 8:11 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca64 min
Jun 25, 8:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan60 min
Jun 25, 8:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXFaribault, Martin, Watonwan3 hr
Jun 26, 4:34 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 14 more22 hr
Jun 26, 4:15 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine60 min
Jun 26, 4:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine4 hr
Jun 26, 5:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine63 min
Jun 26, 5:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine45 min
Jun 26, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Renville58 min
Jun 26, 6:02 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville4 hr
Jun 26, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville59 min
Jun 26, 6:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod55 min
Jun 26, 6:58 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBrown, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2010Every special weather statement in 2010

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.