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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 21, 2013, 7:53 AM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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 21, 2013, 7:53 AM CDT (12:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 21, 2013, 9:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 67 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Carver County, MN
The radar
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The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 21, 6:59 AM CDT, 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 21, 6:59 AM CDT, 54 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 545 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013 MNZ044-045-051>053-059>063-068>070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-221045- MILLE LACS-KANABEC-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA- RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 545 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED WEAK THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL. WIDESPREAD SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...A FEW STORMS COULD BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE AND PRODUCE HAIL AROUND ONE INCH AND WINDS AROUND 60 MPH. AFTER A COUPLE DRY DAYS...THE CHANCE FOR STORMS RETURNS LATE IN THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MONDAY. MNZ041>043-047>050-054>058-064>067-073>077-082>085-091>093-221045- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE- SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD- SIBLEY-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 545 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SCATTERED WEAK THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TODAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON MONDAY WHEN A COLD FRONT PASSES THROUGH MINNESOTA. AFTER A COUPLE DRY DAYS...THE CHANCE FOR STORMS RETURNS LATE IN THE WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 6:38 AM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 638 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013 MNZ066-068-211230- CARVER-MCLEOD- 638 AM CDT SUN JUL 21 2013 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CARVER AND MCLEOD COUNTIES THROUGH 730 AM CDT... AT 636 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHEAST OF GLENCOE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GLENCOE. PLATO. LESTER PRAIRIE. NEW GERMANY. NORWOOD/YOUNG AMERICA. MAYER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 4497 9378 4474 9376 4473 9421 4498 9426 TIME...MOT...LOC 1137Z 264DEG 14KT 4483 9410 LS
Special weather statement, Jul 21, 7:53 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 21, 6:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 52 min |
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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.