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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 1, 2010Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 1, 2010, 10:25 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 65 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
Sep 1, 2010, 10:25 PM CDT (03:25 UTC)
Expired
Sep 1, 2010, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
65 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 180 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:27 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Sep 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 1, 6:19 PM CDT, 4 hours 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 1, 1:29 PM CDT, 8 hours 56 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
129 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2010

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
021830-
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-
129 PM CDT WED SEP 1 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 CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS LATE TONIGHT OVER PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER IS ANTICIPATED
AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THURSDAY ACROSS THE
REMAINDER OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT ANTICIPATED AT
THIS TIME.

AN AREA OF LOW PRESSURE WILL MOVE EAST OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST AT
THE BEGINNING OF THE UPCOMING WEEK...AND BRING A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS
ON MONDAY INTO TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 1, 10:25 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1025 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2010

MNZ041-047-048-054-055-020430-
DOUGLAS-LAC QUI PARLE-POPE-STEVENS-SWIFT-
1025 PM CDT WED SEP 1 2010

AT 1022 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES WEST OF WHEATON TO
9 MILES WEST OF GRACEVILLE TO 9 MILES WEST OF BIG STONE CITY. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS ALONG WITH A BRIEF
PERIOD OF HEAVY RAIN.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CHOKIO.
  DONNELLY.
  MORRIS.
  HANCOCK.
  KENSINGTON.

LAT...LON 4528 9645 4527 9638 4541 9625 4576 9626
      4576 9577 4591 9577 4592 9576 4577 9556
      4539 9560 4530 9613 4540 9614 4541 9623
      4526 9637 4524 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0324Z 256DEG 37KT 4573 9678 4559 9659
          4530 9662

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 1, 10:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle66 min
Sep 1, 11:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville44 min
Sep 2, 12:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Pope, Swift, Yellow Medicine43 min
Sep 2, 12:13 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd47 min
Sep 2, 12:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville39 min
Sep 2, 12:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns51 min
Sep 2, 1:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Redwood, Renville and 1 more41 min
Sep 2, 1:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns34 min
Sep 2, 1:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright36 min
Sep 2, 1:57 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley48 min
Sep 2, 2:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti44 min
Sep 2, 2:49 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXRedwood3 hr
Sep 2, 3:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXRedwood20 hr
Sep 2, 3:19 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Nicollet20 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.