Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
154 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

.DISCUSSION...

SHORT TERM CONCERNS WILL BE WITH A MCS THAT FORMED ACROSS EC SD
OVERNIGHT...AND HOW IT TRANSLATES TO THE EAST INTO A MORE STABLE
ENVIRONMENT. AFTER THIS COMPLEX MOVES EAST OF THE FA...HOW WILL
THE OVERALL CAPPING INVERSION RELATE TO PRECIPITATION CHC AND
ASSOCIATED SVR WX THREAT.

OVER THE PAST FEW HRS...THE MCS OVER SD HAS SLOWED A BIT.
HOWEVER...AN OUTFLOW BOUNDARY HAS DEVELOPED ALONG THE LEADING EDGE
ALONG THE MN/SD BORDER AS OF 130 AM. MOST UNSTABLE CAPES OVERNIGHT
DO INCREASE ACROSS S MN WHICH WILL LEAD TO THE CONTINUATION OF THE
MCS TO THE EAST. HOWEVER...AT THE SAME TIME WILL THE MAIN
CIRCULATION CENTER OF THE MCS HOLD BACK ACROSS SD OR FAR WESTERN
MN AND HINDER ANY TYPE OF CONVECTION TO THE EAST?? MOST 09/00Z MODELS
HAVE NO CLUE AS TO THE MCS THAT DEVELOPED IN SD WHICH SUPPORTS THE
CONCLUSION TO MAKE A BETTER FORECAST JUDGMENT BASED ON THE
SYNOPTIC SCALE FORCES WHICH DO ADVERTISE A SHORT WAVE MOVING
ACROSS MN THIS MORNING. WILL LIKELY HOLD OFF UNTIL 3 AM FOR ANY
TYPE OF MAJOR CHG IN THE SHORT TERM QPF/POP GRIDS...BUT LIKELY OR
CATEGORICAL LOOKS ALMOST CERTAIN FOR A WET MORNING ACROSS MOST OF
MN. THE NEXT PROBLEM IS WHAT HAPPENS IN THE WAKE OF THIS COMPLEX
AS A STRONG CAPPING INVERSION WILL LIKELY DEVELOP.

IT SEEMS WITH THE STRONG PUSH OF MUCH WARMER AIR ADVERTISED OVER
THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS WOULD CONCLUDE THAT THE BEST CHC OF
PRECIPITATION WILL BE N AND EAST OF THE FA. HOWEVER...THESE
SCENARIOS AS TO WHERE THE CAP FORMS AND IF IT CAN BREAK OR IF AN
OUTFLOW BOUNDARY CAN DEVELOP...IS HIGHLY PROBLEMATIC. BEST
SCENARIO IS TO CONTINUE SLIGHT/CHC POPS ALONG THE NORTHERN
PERIPHERY OF THE CAPPING INVERSION. AS WITH ANY TYPE OF MESOSCALE
PROCESSES VS. SYNOPTIC SCALE... HAVE BEEN USING THE THALERS
QUASIGEOSTROPIC METHOD WHERE THE SMALLER SCALE PROCESSES ARE
SUPPRESSED. ANYWAY...THE NEXT CHC OF LARGE SCALE FORCING WILL
BEGIN LATE WED/THU AS STRONG HEIGHT FALLS MOVE ACROSS THE CENTRAL
PLAINS...AND INTO THE UPPER MIDWEST. THE MAIN FRONTAL BOUNDARY
WILL LIKELY BE ACROSS THE DAKOTAS THRU WED...WITH A SLOW
PROGRESSION TO THE EAST BY THU. CONVERGENCE ALONG THIS FRONT AND
LARGE SCALE FORCING SHOULD INDUCE A WIDESPREAD PRECIPITATION EVENT
ACROSS OUR REGION. DEPENDING UPON THE SPEED OF THIS SYSTEM
DEPARTING...WILL CHC POPS SHOULD LINGERING INTO SATURDAY.
TEMPERATURES WILL LIKELY BEGIN TO LOWER BY THU/FRIDAY AS A
MODIFIED PACIFIC/CANADIAN AIR MASS MOVES ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST.
..JLT..

&&

.AVIATION... /06Z TAF ISSUANCE/

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS IN THE EASTERN DAKOTAS NOW MOVING INTO FAR
WESTERN MN.../BETWEEN MIDNIGHT AND 1 AM CDT/. THE TREND WILL BE TO
TRANSLATE THESE SHOWERS TO THE EAST WITH TIME AND GRADUALLY AFFECT
MORE LOCATIONS IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN MN OVER THE NEXT 6-9 HOURS.
MUCH OF THE MODEL GUIDANCE IS POORLY HANDLING THE CURRENT
THUNDERSTORMS IN SOUTH DAKOTA...BUT GIVEN THE STRONG PUSH OF
WARM/MOIST AIR INTO MN...WE SHOULD SEE FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF RAIN
OUT AHEAD OF WHAT IS CURRENTLY SHOWING UP ON RADAR. GOOD ELEVATED
INSTABILITY SUGGESTS THUNDER WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH ANY SHOWERS
MOVING THROUGH. MUCH BETTER CHANCE FOR LOWER CEILINGS /MVFR AND
POSSIBLY EVEN SOME IFR/ BY THIS EVENING.

KMSP...DECENT CHANCES OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS IN THE VICINITY
OF THE AIRPORT DURING THE MORNING RUSH...ESPECIALLY THE SECOND
HALF OF IT. THE THUNDERSTORMS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO BE OVERLY
STRONG. WINDS DIRECTION SHOULD BE FAIRLY CONSISTENT BETWEEN
100-130 DEGREES WITH AN INCREASE EXPECTED LATE THIS MORNING. ANY
AVIATION IMPACTS DUE TO LOW CEILINGS ARE EXPECTED TO HOLD OFF
UNTIL THIS EVENING.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

JLT/CLF

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
408 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
100915-
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-
408 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING WITH GUSTY WINDS AND SMALL
HAIL. HOWEVER...SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND OVERNIGHT...A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS EXISTS AS A WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHWARD ACROSS
IOWA...AND INTO SOUTHERN MINNESOTA. INCREASING INSTABILITY AND
WIND SHEAR WILL LEAD TO AN INCREASING THREAT OF LARGE HAIL AND
DAMAGING WINDS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY AFTERNOON
FOR MAINLY THE NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE MAIN
THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS.

SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL AGAIN BE POSSIBLE WEDNESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY AND INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS.

JLT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
342 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

MNZ048-049-055>058-064-065-073-091015-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-POPE-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-STEARNS-SWIFT-YELLOW
MEDICINE-
342 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER CHIPPEWA...KANDIYOHI...
MEEKER...POPE...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...STEARNS...SWIFT AND YELLOW
MEDICINE COUNTIES THROUGH 515 AM CDT...

AT 337 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR RAYMOND. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  RAYMOND.
  BLOMKEST.
  PRIAM.
  PENNOCK.
  WILLMAR.
  KANDIYOHI.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4578 9428 4568 9419 4550 9414 4543 9405
      4533 9413 4530 9426 4499 9426 4498 9450
      4472 9450 4471 9464 4446 9463 4446 9480
      4450 9487 4432 9487 4428 9510 4420 9512
      4420 9560 4469 9559 4537 9538 4578 9510
TIME...MOT...LOC 0842Z 216DEG 32KT 4503 9523

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
419 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

MNZ041-049-057-058-065>067-073>075-091000-
BROWN-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-MCLEOD-MEEKER-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-
SIBLEY-STEARNS-
419 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER BROWN...DOUGLAS...
KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...MEEKER...NICOLLET...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...SIBLEY
AND STEARNS COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM CDT...

AT 414 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTH OF ATWATER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ATWATER.
  GROVE CITY.
  LITCHFIELD.
  DARWIN.
  EDEN VALLEY.
  KINGSTON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4578 9428 4568 9419 4550 9414 4543 9405
      4533 9413 4530 9426 4498 9423 4411 9437
      4411 9511 4419 9512 4420 9561 4454 9559
      4454 9536 4470 9537 4476 9549 4488 9548
      4489 9525 4537 9527 4542 9513 4578 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0919Z 234DEG 38KT 4507 9471

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
432 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

MNZ042-043-049>051-057>059-065>069-073>076-082-083-091000-
BENTON-BLUE EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-KANDIYOHI-LE
SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MORRISON-NICOLLET-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-SCOTT-
SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-TODD-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-
432 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER BENTON...BLUE EARTH...
BROWN...CARVER...KANDIYOHI...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MORRISON...
NICOLLET...REDWOOD...RENVILLE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...
STEARNS...TODD...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT COUNTIES THROUGH 500 AM CDT...

AT 428 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR DARWIN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  DASSEL.
  SMITH LAKE.
  ANNANDALE.
  MAPLE LAKE.
  BUFFALO.
  BECKER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4616 9381 4556 9378 4409 9389 4403 9414
      4394 9487 4410 9487 4410 9510 4411 9511
      4419 9511 4419 9518 4611 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0933Z 247DEG 47KT 4511 9429

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
503 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

MNZ043>045-049>053-058>063-065>070-074>078-082>085-091115-
ANOKA-BENTON-BLUE
EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE
SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE
LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-RAMSEY-RENVILLE-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-
STEARNS-STEELE-WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-
503 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER ANOKA...BENTON...BLUE
EARTH...BROWN...CARVER...CHISAGO...DAKOTA...GOODHUE...HENNEPIN...
ISANTI...KANABEC...LE SUEUR...MCLEOD...MEEKER...MILLE LACS...
MORRISON...NICOLLET...RAMSEY...RENVILLE...RICE...SCOTT...SHERBURNE...
SIBLEY...STEARNS...STEELE...WASECA...WASHINGTON...WATONWAN AND WRIGHT
COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM CDT...

AT 500 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR WATERTOWN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  MANKATO.
  JORDAN.
  EXCELSIOR.
  WAYZATA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4616 9342 4616 9305 4575 9313 4574 9284
      4559 9288 4556 9275 4544 9264 4507 9280
      4475 9280 4459 9256 4419 9257 4419 9303
      4385 9305 4384 9486 4411 9489 4510 9450
      4617 9436 4616 9383 4625 9380 4625 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 1001Z 268DEG 42KT 4496 9381

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
532 AM CDT MON MAY 09 2011

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

0530 AM     HAIL             2 WSW HANOVER           45.14N 93.69W
05/09/2011  M0.75 INCH       HENNEPIN           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

JLT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
533 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

MNZ051>053-059>063-067>070-075>078-WIZ014-023-024-091245-
ANOKA-CARVER-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-LE
SUEUR-NICOLLET-PIERCE-POLK-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-ST.
CROIX-WASHINGTON-WRIGHT-
533 AM CDT MON MAY 9 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA...

AT 527 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM BIG LAKE TO ST BONIFACIUS
TO NEW ULM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

SMALL HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 45 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  CAMBRIDGE.
  OAK GROVE.
  MINNEAPOLIS.
  ST. PAUL.
  APPLE VALLEY.
  NORTHFIELD.
  ST. PETER.
  FARIBAULT.
  NEW RICHLAND.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4546 9247 4490 9256 4431 9288 4431 9422
      4491 9392 4547 9384
TIME...MOT...LOC 1029Z 270DEG 35KT 4538 9371 4491 9377
          4439 9404