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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 26, 2013Rusk County, Wisconsin

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

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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 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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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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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 6:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec39 min
Aug 26, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk65 min
Aug 26, 7:14 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXRusk3 hr
Aug 26, 11:29 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXRusk14 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2013Every 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.