Alert archive / Wisconsin / Special Weather Statements in 2014

Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 7, 2014Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2014, 8:41 AM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 49 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 7, 2014, 8:41 AM CDT (13:41 UTC)
Expired
May 7, 2014, 9:30 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:42 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The text

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

<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</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 May 7, 7:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 7, 7:03 AM CDT, 1 hour 38 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Hazardous weather outlook, May 7, 4:39 AM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
439 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
080945-
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-
439 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING
ALONG THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR AND A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS MUCH OF THE
OUTLOOK AREA TONIGHT AND SOME OF THESE STORMS MAY PRODUCE LARGE
HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA THURSDAY AND THURSDAY NIGHT. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS
AND TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...PRIMARILY THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND
THURSDAY EVENING. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY DEVELOP ON THURSDAY AS WELL.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED A TIMES FROM WEDNESDAY
NIGHT INTO THURSDAY NIGHT.

RAH

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 7, 4:51 AM CDT, 3 hours 50 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
451 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MNZ091-092-071015-
FARIBAULT-MARTIN-
451 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IOVER FARIBAULT AND MARTIN COUNTIES THROUGH
515 AM CDT...

AT 449 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 12 MILES NORTHEAST OF FAIRMONT...OR 20 MILES SOUTH OF
MADELIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
RURAL NORTHEAST MARTIN COUNTY AND RURAL NORTHWEST FARIBAULT COUNTY.

LAT...LON 4376 9447 4385 9439 4385 9409 4371 9425
TIME...MOT...LOC 0950Z 218DEG 8KT 4378 9429
Special weather statement, May 7, 5:33 AM CDT, 3 hours 8 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
533 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

MNZ083-084-092-093-071100-
BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-WASECA-
533 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER BLUE EARTH...FARIBAULT...FREEBORN AND
WASECA COUNTIES THROUGH 600 AM CDT...

AT 531 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 19 MILES NORTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH...OR 28 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF MINNEOPA STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO PENNY SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MINNESOTA LAKE.
  WELLS.
  WALDORF.
  FREEBORN.
  OTISCO.

LAT...LON 4395 9350 4373 9349 4373 9393 4392 9394
TIME...MOT...LOC 1033Z 264DEG 26KT 4382 9380
Local storm report, May 7, 6:26 AM CDT, 2 hours 15 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Local storm report, May 7, 7:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 19 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:19 AM CDT, 22 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>
Special weather statement, May 7, 8:41 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
<!doctype html>
<html lang="en">
<head>
  <meta charset="utf-8">
  <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
  <title>Service Notice</title>
  <link rel="stylesheet" href="index.css">
</head>
<body>
  <main class="wrap">
    <section class="card" role="status" aria-live="polite">
      <div class="status" id="status">Temporary Notice</div>
      <h1 id="headline">This service is currently unavailable.</h1>
      <p id="message1">
        The site you requested is temporarily down for maintenance or an unexpected outage.
      </p>
      <p id="message2">
        Please try again in a few minutes.
      </p>
      <p class="small" id="detail">
        If you are an administrator, restore upstream service and remove the redirect/fallback rule when normal operations resume.
      </p>
    </section>
  </main>
  <script src="index.js"></script>
</body>
</html>

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 7, 2:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin46 min
May 7, 4:18 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin27 min
May 7, 4:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin24 min
May 7, 5:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca27 min
May 7, 6:04 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFreeborn, Steele41 min
May 7, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle36 min
May 7, 2:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens64 min
May 7, 6:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Martin, Watonwan36 min
May 7, 6:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Martin, Watonwan53 min
May 7, 8:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire41 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2014Every special weather statement in 2014

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.