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Areal Flood Advisory 16, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 5, 2011Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 5, 2011, 4:56 AM CDT for Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 4 hr.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Jul 5, 2011, 4:56 AM CDT (09:56 UTC)
Expired: Jul 5, 2011, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 4 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 190 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this areal flood advisory 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 areal flood advisory went out at Jul 5, 4:16 AM CDT, 40 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 5, 4:16 AM CDT, 40 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 5, 12:41 AM CDT, 4 hours 15 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1241 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>075-082-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-051100-
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-WATONWAN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-DUNN-
1241 AM CDT TUE JUL 5 2011

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST
WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...OVERNIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO EVOLVE SOUTH ACROSS CENTRAL AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE PROBABLE...MAINLY
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...WITH THE MAIN THREATS BEING LARGE
HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THE COLD FRONT WILL MOVE ACROSS SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST
CENTRAL WISCONSIN TUESDAY BRINGING SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS. A FEW
STORMS COULD BECOME SEVERE.

A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL RETURN FRIDAY EVENING INTO
SATURDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED WITHIN THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH OVERNIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 4, 11:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 2 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1154 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

MNZ041-042-047-048-050630-
DOUGLAS-POPE-STEVENS-TODD-
1154 PM CDT MON JUL 4 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER DOUGLAS...POPE...STEVENS
AND TODD COUNTIES THROUGH 130 AM CDT...

AT 1151 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF WADENA TO
7 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BATTLE LAKE TO 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
CHARLESVILLE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CHOKIO.
  MELBY.
  DONNELLY.
  MORRIS.
  MILLERVILLE.
  HEWITT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4633 9466 4577 9515 4543 9530 4541 9624
      4574 9626 4577 9623 4577 9577 4611 9576
      4611 9516 4637 9515 4638 9473
TIME...MOT...LOC 0454Z 268DEG 23KT 4658 9516 4624 9557
          4589 9620

Special weather statement, Jul 5, 2:14 AM CDT, 2 hours 42 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 4, 10:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas	117 min
Jul 4, 11:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd	96 min
Jul 5, 12:35 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stevens	55 min
Jul 5, 1:20 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	55 min
Jul 5, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Renville, Stearns and 2 more	76 min
Jul 5, 3:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	3 hr
Jul 5, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	55 min
Jul 5, 7:06 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	3 hr
Jul 5, 6:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	32 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.