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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
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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 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 27, 3:11 PM CDT, 20 minutes before
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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
CLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 27, 4:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 2 hr |
| May 27, 7:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 119 min |
| May 27, 4:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 119 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.