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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 9, 20135 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 9, 2013, 7:12 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 78 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: Jul 9, 2013, 7:12 AM CDT (12:12 UTC)
Expired: Jul 9, 2013, 8:30 AM CDT
In force: 78 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 65 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:14 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jul 8, 6:43 PM CDT, 12 hours 29 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 8, 6:43 PM CDT, 12 hours 29 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 8, 12:20 PM CDT, 18 hours 52 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 9, 4:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine	58 min
Jul 9, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Stevens, Swift	42 min
Jul 9, 5:16 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Yellow Medicine	44 min
Jul 9, 5:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Renville	51 min
Jul 9, 6:01 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi	44 min
Jul 9, 6:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod, Meeker, Sibley, Stearns	58 min
Jul 9, 6:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan	51 min
Jul 9, 7:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey and 3 more	80 min
Jul 9, 8:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Goodhue, Washington	71 min
Jul 9, 8:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Washington	45 min
Jul 9, 8:36 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	54 min
Jul 9, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Dunn	56 min
Jul 9, 9:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	45 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.