Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 00Z TAFS
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
640 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

.DISCUSSION...ISSUED 343 PM CDT

MAIN FORECAST PROBLEM IN THE NEAR TERM...IS THE CONVECTIVE TREND
OVERNIGHT. REMAINS OF MCV IN THE SUBTROPICAL FLOW...THAT MOVED
OUT OF CO LAST NIGHT WAS MOVING THROUGH SOUTHERN MN AT MID
AFTERNOON. SEVERE COMPLEX OVER EASTERN ND AND NW MN WAS RIDING
ALONG THE +13 TO +14 ISOTHERM AT 700 MB. VERY HIGH PRECIPITABLE
WATER OF OVER 200 PCT OF NORMAL IN PLACE OVER THE AREA. IF THE NW
MN STORMS CAN INTERACT OR MERGE WITH THE SHOWERS AND STORMS OVER
EASTERN MN...WE COULD SEE SOME FLOODING PROBLEMS OVER EAST CENTRAL
MN AND WEST CENTRAL WI. IF THIS DOES NOT OCCUR...CHANCES WILL
DECREASE THAT THE NORTHERN MN ACTIVITY WILL BE MAINTAINED INTO THE
WARMER/PSEDU CAPPED ENVIRONMENT OVER SOUTHERN MN. THE DEEP
MOISTURE FEED IS STILL MAINTAINED OVERNIGHT OVER SOUTHERN MN
THOUGH. ISSUED A FLASH FLOOD WATCH EARLIER FOR EASTERN AREAS...BUT
THIS COULD BE TRIMMED BACK EARLIER IF NEEDED.

THE REST OF THE FORECAST PROBLEMATIC AS WELL WITH A POSSIBLE
BOUNDARY LINGERING OVER THE AREA ON MONDAY. WE DO GET INTO MORE OF
MID LEVEL RIDGE LATER MONDAY SO PRECIP CHANCES SLIM WITH MID
LEVEL TEMPS GENERALLY ABOVE +13. WILL LEAVE THE SMALL CHANCES IN
OVER EASTERN AREAS. HEAT REMAINS IN PLACE BUT THERE IS SOME
AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE EC AND GFS SUGGESTING THAT A STRONGER PUSH
OF THE 850 MB THERMAL RIDGE WILL TAKE PLACE ON WEDNESDAY. A COLD
FRONT MAY CROSS THE AREA ON THURSDAY WITH A SMALL CHANCE OF
STORMS...BUT THIS MAY BECOME STATIONARY OR PUSH BACK AS WARM FRONT
FRIDAY. THE MORE SIGNIFICANT COOLING WILL LIKELY BE LATER NEXT
WEEKEND.

&&

.AVIATION... /00Z TAF ISSUANCE/

ANOTHER RATHER CHALLENGING AVIATION FORECAST WITH BOTH CONVECTIVE
CONCERNS AND THEN ISSUES WITH FOG/STRATUS DEVELOPMENT OVERNIGHT.
AIRMASS REMAINS EXTREMELY STABLE...BUT WARM MID LVL TEMPERATURES
HAVE KEPT VIGOROUS CONVECTION TO OUR NORTH. SOME CONCERN IN THE
OVERNITE THAT CONVECTION COULD BEGIN TO DEVELOP SOUTH.  MAY BE SOME
SIGN OF THAT ALREADY IN CNTL MN FROM NEAR AXN-STC WITH WAA ADIDING
DEVELOPMENT.  FEEL THAT WITH TIME SHWRS/TSTMS WILL BCM MORE WDSPRD
IN CNTL MN AND BEGIN TO DVLP SE ALONG TKNS FIELD TWRD MSP AND WI TAF
SITES.  CONVECTION ALSO MAKES TIMING OF FOG/STRATUS DVLPMT
PROBLEMATIC...BUT FEEL LATE TNGHT WILL LIKELY SEE IFR CONDS IN
STRATUS AND FOG AT AXN/STC AND THEN INTO WI TAF LOCATIONS.

KMSP...SHWRS/TSTMS DVLPG ACRS CNTL MN ARE SHOWING SOME SWRD
EXPANSION AS THEY BECOMES BETTER EST ACRS THAT AREA. FEEL THAT THEY
SHUD BE ABLE TO DVLP TWRD MSP ARND 05Z.  BEST WINDOW FOR TSTMS FROM
05Z-09Z.  WL LIKELY DVLP MVFR VSBYS IN FOG MAINLY AFTER PCPN ENDS
WITH MVFR VSBYS THRU MRNG.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR
ANOKA-BENTON-     BLUE
EARTH-BROWN-CARVER-CHIPPEWA-CHISAGO-DAKOTA-DOUGLAS-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-
KANDIYOHI-LAC QUI PARLE-LE SUEUR-MARTIN-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE
LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-POPE-RAMSEY-REDWOOD-RENVILLE-RICE-
SCOTT-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-STEVENS-SWIFT-TODD-
WASECA-WASHINGTON-WATONWAN-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR
ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-
CHISAGO-DAKOTA-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-LE
SUEUR-MCLEOD-MEEKER-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-RAMSEY-RICE-SCOTT-
SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-STEELE-TODD-WASECA-WASHINGTON-     WRIGHT.

WI...EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING UNTIL 9 PM CDT WEDNESDAY FOR BARRON-
     CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.

     FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR BARRON-CHIPPEWA-
     DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-RUSK-ST. CROIX.

&&

JPR/BAP

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
724 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
181100-
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-
724 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

TEMPERATURES WILL ONLY DIP INTO THE 75 TO 80 DEGREE RANGE
OVERNIGHT ALLOWING LITTLE OPPORTUNITY FOR NON-AIR-CONDITIONED
BUILDINGS TO COOL. SEE THE LATEST EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING STATEMENT
FOR MORE INFORMATION.

STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL MOVE ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL
AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT.
DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL ARE THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREATS.
TORRENTIAL RAIN WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY ANY STORMS WHICH DEVELOP.
FLASH FLOODING WILL BE A CONCERN ACROSS PARTS OF CENTRAL AND
EASTERN MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY... MAINLY
NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WOULD BE THE
PRIMARY CONCERN WITH ANY STORMS WHICH DEVELOP. CHANCES INCREASE
AGAIN FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE AREA THURSDAY INTO
FRIDAY AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH.

HOT AND HUMID CONDITIONS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA
THROUGH WEDNESDAY... WITH HIGH TEMPERATURES MAINLY IN THE
90S... AND HEAT INDEX VALUES ABOVE 100 DEGREES.

SEE THE LATEST EXCESSIVE HEAT WARNING STATEMENT FOR MORE
INFORMATION.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT.

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
738 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

WIZ016-180145-
RUSK-
738 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

AT 732 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GLIDDEN TO 4 MILES WEST OF LORETTA TO 3 MILES EAST OF SPOONER. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. THE STORMS SHOULD AFFECT NORTHERN RUSK COUNTY BETWEEN 745
PM CDT AND 9 PM CDT. IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WARNING MAY BE NEEDED FOR RUSK COUNTY.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  TONY.
  LADYSMITH.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9068 4537 9076 4537 9091 4534 9091
      4534 9093 4564 9148 4565 9127 4564 9068
      4563 9067 4538 9067
TIME...MOT...LOC 0035Z 307DEG 33KT 4594 9028 4587 9091
          4581 9181

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1028 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

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

1008 PM     TSTM WND GST     MORRIS                  45.59N 95.91W
07/17/2011  M53 MPH          STEVENS            MN   AWOS

            MEASURED AT MORRIS MUNICIPAL AIRPORT

&&

MKM

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1109 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

MNZ049-055>058-065-180515-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-RENVILLE-STEARNS-SWIFT-
1109 PM CDT SUN JUL 17 2011

AT 1103 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ELROSA TO 4 MILES WEST OF
NEW LONDON TO MILAN. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. IF THESE STORMS INTENSIFY...A WARNING MAY BE NEEDED.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GREENWALD.
  SPRING HILL.
  WILLMAR.
  HAWICK.
  MONTEVIDEO.
  ST MARTIN.
  ROSCOE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4556 9432 4490 9462 4476 9542 4510 9596
      4528 9514 4565 9483
TIME...MOT...LOC 0408Z 307DEG 30KT 4553 9492 4529 9497
          4507 9587

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PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1223 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

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

1145 PM     TSTM WND DMG     7 S KANDIYOHI           45.03N 94.93W
07/17/2011                   KANDIYOHI          MN   PUBLIC

            LARGE TREE DOWN ACROSS COUNTY RD 8.

&&

CARLYON

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1239 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

MNZ065>069-075-076-180645-
CARVER-LE SUEUR-MCLEOD-NICOLLET-RENVILLE-SCOTT-SIBLEY-
1239 AM CDT MON JUL 18 2011

AT 1235 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES EAST OF SILVER LAKE
TO NEW AUBURN TO 6 MILES NORTH OF FAIRFAX. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GLENCOE.
  NEW GERMANY.
  HENDERSON.
  NEW ROME.
  COLOGNE.
  RUSH RIVER.
  CARVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4471 9347 4438 9359 4427 9420 4468 9488
      4471 9433 4495 9415
TIME...MOT...LOC 0539Z 303DEG 39KT 4488 9407 4463 9422
          4459 9471

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