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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 27, 2014Dunn County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 27, 2014, 3:31 PM CDT for Dunn County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 89 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 27, 2014, 3:31 PM CDT (20:31 UTC)
Expired
May 27, 2014, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
89 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Dunn County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:32 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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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 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 27, 3:31 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
331 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

WIZ024>026-272200-
DUNN-PEPIN-PIERCE-
331 PM CDT TUE MAY 27 2014

...HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER DUNN...PEPIN AND PIERCE COUNTIES
THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

AT 328 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF MENOMONIE
TO 9 MILES NORTH OF DURAND TO 8 MILES NORTH OF WABASHA. THESE STORMS
WERE NEARLY STATIONARY.

HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. WATCH OUT FOR WATER
ON LOCAL ROADWAYS SUCH AS HIGHWAY D SOUTH OF MENOMONIE AND HIGHWAY Z
SOUTH OF EAU GALLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF UP TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
THUNDERSTORMS. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4461 9198 4459 9201 4445 9209 4445 9225
      4500 9201 4495 9182
TIME...MOT...LOC 2031Z 118DEG 1KT 4495 9192 4476 9202
          4448 9210

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 27, 4:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne2 hr
May 27, 7:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti119 min
May 27, 4:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk119 min

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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.