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Areal Flood Advisory 23, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 15, 20114 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this areal flood advisory at Jul 15, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued: Jul 15, 2011, 4:55 PM CDT (21:55 UTC)
Expired: Jul 15, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Area: Storm-based polygon

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:56 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 15, 4:07 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 15, 4:07 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 15, 1:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 43 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 11:07 AM CDT, 5 hours 48 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 1:22 PM CDT, 3 hours 33 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
122 PM CDT FRI JUL 15 2011

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1240 PM     TSTM WND DMG     DUNDAS                  44.43N 93.20W
07/15/2011                   RICE               MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            TREE DAMAGE...6 TO 8 INCH LIMBS.

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CLF

Special weather statement, Jul 15, 3:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 35 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:48 PM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 15, 4:26 PM CDT, 29 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 15, 3:40 AM CDT	Excessive Heat Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	36 hr
Jul 15, 4:58 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	62 min
Jul 15, 5:55 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Douglas, Todd	3 hr
Jul 15, 6:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	62 min
Jul 15, 6:19 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Stearns, Todd	56 min
Jul 15, 6:44 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns, Todd	61 min
Jul 15, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas	55 min
Jul 15, 7:05 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns	55 min
Jul 15, 7:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	79 min
Jul 15, 7:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd	57 min
Jul 15, 8:14 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Douglas, Todd	3 hr
Jul 15, 8:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	53 min
Jul 15, 8:51 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	3 hr
Jul 15, 9:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Meeker, Stearns, Wright	45 min
Jul 15, 9:36 AM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Todd	5 days
Jul 15, 10:12 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Sherburne, Wright	63 min
Jul 15, 11:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	38 min
Jul 15, 12:41 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	52 min
Jul 15, 12:52 PM CDT	Flood Watch	MPX	Anoka, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota and 22 more	13 hr
Jul 15, 2:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca	44 min
Jul 15, 3:09 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Carver, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Scott and 2 more	3 hr
Jul 15, 3:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca	55 min
Jul 15, 3:34 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca	26 min
Jul 15, 3:35 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Steele, Waseca	3 hr
Jul 15, 3:46 PM CDT	Excessive Heat Warning	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more	5 days
Jul 15, 3:50 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Rice	3 hr

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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.