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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
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The text
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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
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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
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 7, 2:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 46 min |
| May 7, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 27 min |
| May 7, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 24 min |
| May 7, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 27 min |
| May 7, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 41 min |
| May 7, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 64 min |
| May 7, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 36 min |
| May 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan | 53 min |
| May 7, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 41 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.