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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2013Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2013, 2:12 PM CDT for Le Sueur County, Rice County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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: May 29, 2013, 2:12 PM CDT (19:12 UTC)
Expired: May 29, 2013, 3:00 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN

The radar

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The text

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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 May 29, 1:27 PM CDT, 45 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 1:27 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 29, 10:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 15 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 11:13 AM CDT, 2 hours 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1113 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

MNZ049-057-058-291700-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-STEARNS-
1113 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

AT 1111 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
GLENWOOD TO 16 MILES WEST OF PAYNESVILLE TO 9 MILES NORTHEAST OF
WILLMAR TO 10 MILES SOUTHEAST OF WILLMAR. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 45 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...
  SPICER.
  BROOTEN.
  PADUA.
  ELROSA.
  SPRING HILL.
  GREENWALD.

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 4563 9438 4546 9421 4531 9424 4498 9499
      4520 9505 4533 9514 4550 9514 4569 9495
TIME...MOT...LOC 1613Z 245DEG 40KT 4545 9520 4538 9501
          4524 9492 4505 9486

JLT

Local storm report, May 29, 11:16 AM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 11:32 AM CDT, 2 hours 40 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1132 AM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

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

1120 AM     HAIL             4 ENE NEW LONDON        45.32N 94.87W
05/29/2013  E0.50 INCH       KANDIYOHI          MN   PUBLIC

&&

DFC

Special weather statement, May 29, 1:16 PM CDT, 56 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

MNZ043>045-050-052-291900-
BENTON-ISANTI-KANABEC-MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
116 PM CDT WED MAY 29 2013

AT 111 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
MILACA TO 4 MILES WEST OF MILACA TO 7 MILES NORTHWEST OF PRINCETON.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  FORESTON.
  MILACA.
  BOCK.
  LEWIS LAKE.
  WAHKON.
  BRUNSWICK.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4616 9341 4616 9306 4613 9303 4598 9304
      4597 9306 4597 9313 4582 9314 4559 9375
      4574 9382 4590 9394 4618 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 241DEG 31KT 4591 9382 4579 9369
          4564 9366

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Special weather statement, May 29, 1:29 PM CDT, 43 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 2:12 PM CDT, 0 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
May 29, 8:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	46 min
May 29, 9:29 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine	61 min
May 29, 10:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	51 min
May 29, 10:37 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Swift	38 min
May 29, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Stearns	47 min
May 29, 1:16 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec, Mille Lacs	44 min
May 29, 1:29 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	46 min
May 29, 3:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pepin	65 min
May 29, 4:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	48 min
May 29, 5:04 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa	41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

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.