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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 31, 2013Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 31, 2013, 3:13 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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 31, 2013, 3:13 PM CDT (20:13 UTC)
Expired: May 31, 2013, 3:45 PM CDT
In force: 32 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Ramsey County, MN

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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 31, 2:24 PM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 31, 2:24 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 31, 11:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 22 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, May 31, 2:57 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
257 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

0255 PM     HAIL             BLOOMINGTON             44.83N 93.32W
05/31/2013  E0.75 INCH       HENNEPIN           MN   PUBLIC

            TIME ESTIMATED

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MKM

Local storm report, May 31, 3:00 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:03 PM CDT, 10 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:11 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
311 PM CDT FRI MAY 31 2013

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

0307 PM     HAIL             MINNEAPOLIS             44.96N 93.27W
05/31/2013  M0.75 INCH       HENNEPIN           MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            REPORTED IN SOUTH MINNEAPOLIS AT 24TH STREET W AND
            LYNDALE.

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Local storm report, May 31, 3:13 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 31, 3:13 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 30, 11:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	60 min
May 31, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Ramsey	39 min
May 31, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Ramsey, Washington	35 min
May 31, 2:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	52 min
May 31, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey	23 min
May 31, 6:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Waseca	26 min
May 31, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	24 min
May 31, 3:20 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin	40 min
May 31, 4:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	29 min
May 31, 4:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	33 min
May 31, 4:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire	24 min
May 31, 4:33 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	27 min
May 31, 4:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	23 min
May 31, 5:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	27 min
May 31, 5:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	24 min
May 31, 5:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk	21 min
May 31, 5:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Saint Croix	19 min
May 31, 5:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	33 min
May 31, 5:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Polk	27 min
May 31, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn, Saint Croix	21 min
May 31, 5:57 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn	33 min
May 31, 6:09 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn	21 min
May 31, 6:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dunn	23 min
May 31, 6:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn	30 min
May 31, 6:42 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Eau Claire, Pepin	33 min
May 31, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	35 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.