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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 26, 2013, 5:04 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 41 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
- Aug 26, 2013, 5:04 AM CDT (10:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 26, 2013, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 173 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:05 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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</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 Aug 26, 3:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 26, 3:03 AM CDT, 2 hours 1 minute before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 26, 3:56 AM CDT, 1 hour 8 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 356 AM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 271200- 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- 356 AM CDT MON AUG 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT ACROSS PORTIONS OF CENTRAL...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. THE MAIN HAZARD WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE COMBINATION OF THE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL CAUSE HEAT INDICES TO RISE ABOVE 100 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY HEAT INDICES ABOVE 100 DEGREES ARE EXPECTED ACROSS THE REGION TUESDAY AFTERNOON. MORE HEAT AND HUMIDITY IS EXPECTED BY FRIDAY...AND LAST THROUGH MUCH OF THE LABOR DAY WEEKEND. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AGAIN THURSDAY AND FRIDAY. THE THREAT OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS DURING THIS PERIOD IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING. JLT
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 26, 5:04 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 26, 6:51 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 39 min |
| Aug 26, 6:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 65 min |
| Aug 26, 7:14 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Rusk | 3 hr |
| Aug 26, 11:29 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Rusk | 14 hr |
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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.