Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
555 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

.SHORT TERM...(THIS EVENING THROUGH MONDAY)
ISSUED AT 309 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

THE MAIN SHORT TERM CONCERN REMAINS TIMING OF CONVECTION AND SEVERE
WEATHER THREAT TONIGHT.

WATER VAPOR IMAGERY SHOWING A COUPLE OF WAVES LIFTING NORTHEAST OVER
THE EASTERN PORTION OF THE AREA.  THE INITIAL WAVE FIRED SOME
ISOLATED CONVECTION OVER EAST CENTRAL MN EARLIER AND MOVED OFF INTO
WISCONSIN.  THE NEXT WAVE MOVING INTO ACROSS EASTERN SOUTH
DAKOTA...INITIATING SOME WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION AHEAD OF COLD
FRONT MOVING INTO WESTERN MN.  EXPECT THIS CONVECTION TO LIFT
NORTHEAST WITH REDEVELOPMENT LIKELY INTO NORTH CENTRAL CWA 21Z-00Z
PERIOD...THEN DROPPING SOUTHEAST OVER EASTERN CWA AFTER 01Z OR SO.
SEVERE WEATHER A DEFINITE THREAT WITH STRONG WINDS AND HAIL LIKELY.
A IS TORNADO POSSIBLE WITH ANY DISCRETE CELL THAT DEVELOPS ALONG
SECONDARY WARM FRONT/BOUNDARY INTO NORTH CENTRAL/NORTHEAST
CWA EARLY IN EVENT. SPC MESOSCALE ANALYSIS SHOWING MLCAPE TO 3000
J/KG WITH LITTLE CAPPING INDICATED EAST OF ALEXANDRIA/BENSON.  DEEP
LAYER SHEAR 35-40 KTS ALSO MOVING INTO THAT REGION AS WELL...AHEAD
OF UPPER TROUGH. SHOULD SEE ACTIVITY EVENTUALLY DEVELOP INTO A LINE
AND COULD BECOME A FORWARD PROPAGATING MCS INTO WESTERN WIS THIS
EVENING...WITH WIND AND HEAVY RAIN THE MAIN THREAT INTO THE EVENING.

THE FRONT SAGS SOUTHEAST THROUGH 12Z...WITH GENERALLY DRY CONDITIONS
INTO MONDAY.  LEFT A SLIGHT CHANCE OF THUNDER REDEVELOPING INTO SC MN
LATE AFTERNOON...AS DRIER DEWPOINT AIR SLOWLY MOVES THROUGH THE
SOUTHEAST CWA DURING THE DAY. SHOULD SEE TEMPS TOP OUT IN THE LOW-
MID 80S IN THE FAR SOUTHEAST WITH COOLER AIR WORKING ACROSS THE
NORTHWEST CWA.

.LONG TERM...(MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY)
ISSUED AT 309 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

THE MAIN TWEAKS IN THE LONG TERM PORTION OF THE FORECAST WERE TO
CONTINUE TO SHIFT PRECIPITATION CHANCES SOUTHWARD IN LINE WITH THE
TRENDS OF THE MODELS.

A RATHER BROAD SURFACE RIDGE IS NOW PROGGED TO BECOME ESTABLISHED
ACROSS THE UPPER MIDWEST FROM LATE MONDAY THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF
NEXT WEEK. THIS WILL MEAN THE LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY THAT HAS
BEEN IN QUESTION OVER THE LAST SEVERAL DAYS WILL LIKELY BE
DISPLACED WELL SOUTH OF THE REGION /NORTHERN MISSOURI/. CONFIDENCE
THAT MOST OF THE FORECAST AREA WILL STAY DRY DURING THE FIRST PART
OF THE UPCOMING WEEK IS THEREFORE INCREASING. HAVE RESTRICTED POPS
TO THE INTERSTATE 90 CORRIDOR IN SOUTHERN MN FROM MONDAY NIGHT
THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THIS COULD SHIFT EVEN FARTHER SOUTH WITH FUTURE
RUNS...BUT IT/S A GOOD START. TEMPERATURES WILL RANGE AROUND 5
DEGREES BELOW NORMAL THROUGH MUCH OF THE WEEK UNDER THE INFLUENCE
OF COOL HIGH PRESSURE...WITH HIGHS IN THE UPPER 60S AND LOWER 70S.

CONFIDENCE WITH RESPECT TO PRECIPITATION CHANCES DECLINES NOTABLY
ON THURSDAY...WITH THE 24.12Z ECMWF STILL ILLUSTRATING A FARTHER
NORTH TRACK TO THE TROUGH LIFTING OUT OF THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN
PLAINS. IT THEREFORE SPREADS PRECIPITATION ACROSS THE ENTIRE
FORECAST AREA ON THURSDAY...WHILE THE OTHER MODEL SOLUTIONS
/INCLUDING THE GFS AND GEM/ KEEP SHOWER AND THUNDERSTORM CHANCES
CONFINED TO ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MN-IA BORDER. HAVE KEPT 20-40
POPS IN FOR THURSDAY INTO THURSDAY NIGHT...WITH THE HIGHEST
CHANCES IN THAT RANGE RESTRICTED TO SOUTH CENTRAL MN.

FRIDAY AND SATURDAY APPEAR DRY OVERALL...BUT BOTH GFS AND ECMWF
SOLUTIONS ILLUSTRATE A FAIRLY STRONG TROUGH TO SINK SOUTH FROM
SASKATCHEWAN/MANITOBA LATE IN THE WEEKEND TO INTO THE 1ST OF
SEPTEMBER.

&&

.AVIATION...(FOR THE 00Z TAFS THROUGH 00Z MONDAY EVENING)
ISSUED AT 540 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

SCATTERED CONVECTION REMAINS ALONG AND AHEAD OF THE MAIN COLD
FRONT MOVING THROUGH CENTRAL/EASTERN MN. WILL CONTINUE THREAT OF
THUNDER AT KSTC FOR AN HOUR OR TWO...AND AT KMSP THROUGH 03Z. THEN
SHOULD BE VFR THROUGH THE PERIOD WITH SOME CUMULUS FORMING INTO
MONDAY AFTERNOON WITH AN INCREASING WEST WIND. SOME GUSTS 20-23KT
POSSIBLE OVER THE WEST. OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...THUNDER WILL
REMAIN OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH 06Z OR SO. MAY DEVELOP
STRATUS/FOG WITH FROPA. WILL MENTION THAT AT KEAU FOR NOW. THIS
SHOULD CLEAR OUT BY 15Z WITH SOME CUMULUS AND SOME MID CLOUDS
REMAINING...BUT SHOULD BE VFR.

KMSP...SCT TSRA REMAINS AROUND THE METRO. THIS SHOULD CONTINUE
THROUGH ABOUT 03Z. WILL CONTINUE TEMP TREND THROUGH 03Z. WILL SEE
VFR CONDITIONS DEVELOPING AFTER THAT WITH SW-W WINDS INCREASING
INTO MONDAY.

/OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/
MON NIGHT...VFR. WINDS W 6-12 KTS.
TUE-THU...MAINLY VFR. WINDS N TO NE 5-10 KTS.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

SHORT TERM...DWE
LONG TERM...LS
AVIATION...DWE

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1244 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
251745-
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-
1244 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM MID AFTERNOON INTO THIS
EVENING. A FEW SEVERE STORMS ARE POSSIBLE...MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM
AND 10 PM NORTH OF A LINE FROM WILMAR TO NEW RICHMOND. THE PRIMARY
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WIND
GUSTS...ALTHOUGH THE STRONGEST STORMS COULD BE CAPABLE OF
PRODUCING A TORNADO.

HEAT INDICES WILL TOP OUT BETWEEN 90 AND 100 THIS AFTERNOON INTO
EARLY EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FOR MUCH OF THE WEEK... MAINLY
ALONG AND SOUTH OF THE MINNESOTA RIVER VALLEY. WIDESPREAD SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED MAY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
617 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0611 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 ESE MORRILL           45.82N 93.90W
08/24/2014                   BENTON             MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            SHERIFF DEPUTIES REPORTED POSSIBLE TORNADO NEAR COUNTY
            ROUTES 22 AND 66. VIEWED FUNNEL CLOUD BOUNCING UP AND
            DOWN...POSSIBLY TOUCHING GROUND.

&&

JPC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
630 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0555 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     3 SW GRANITE LEDGE      45.78N 93.91W
08/24/2014                   BENTON             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A FUNNEL CLOUD WAS REPORTED 4 MILES SOUTH OF
            MORRILL.

&&

ADL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
631 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

MNZ051-250000-
SHERBURNE-
631 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SHERBURNE COUNTY THROUGH 700 PM
CDT...

AT 628 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF ELK RIVER...OR 11 MILES EAST OF LAKE
MARIA STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BIG LAKE.
  SAND DUNES STATE FOREST.
  ZIMMERMAN.
  PRINCETON AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9351 4529 9360 4530 9377 4534 9387
      4556 9369 4556 9351
TIME...MOT...LOC 2330Z 213DEG 26KT 4533 9373

JPC

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
655 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...TIME...  ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
...DATE...  ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0605 PM     TORNADO          2 W GRANITE LEDGE       45.81N 93.91W
08/24/2014                   BENTON             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            A TORNADO WAS REPORTED BY A TRAINED SPOTTER
            AT THE INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 22 AND
            70. A DAMAGE PATH STRETCHED SEVERAL MILES TO
            THE NORTHEAST.

&&

ADL

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
657 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

MNZ043-044-250045-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
657 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MILLE LACS AND MORRISON
COUNTIES THROUGH 745 PM CDT...

AT 653 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MILLE
LACS KATHIO STATE PARK TO 14 MILES NORTH OF FOLEY. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING...
AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  HILLMAN.
  MILLE LACS KATHIO STATE PARK.
  VINELAND.
  LAKE MILLE LACS.
  ONAMIA.
  BAYVIEW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF
A WARNING IS ISSUED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4625 9344 4624 9342 4596 9368 4582 9391
      4582 9398 4616 9389 4617 9382 4624 9382
      4625 9380 4626 9356
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 218DEG 28KT 4610 9375 4588 9390

JPC

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
712 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

MNZ060-061-250100-
ANOKA-HENNEPIN-
712 PM CDT SUN AUG 24 2014

...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER ANOKA AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES
THROUGH 800 PM CDT...

AT 709 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES WEST OF MAPLE GROVE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...FREQUENT CLOUD TO
GROUND LIGHTNING...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CORCORAN.
  OSSEO.
  CHAMPLIN.
  ANOKA.
  RAMSEY.
  ANDOVER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 1100 PM CDT.

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4537 9344 4533 9319 4526 9309 4504 9352
      4507 9362
TIME...MOT...LOC 0012Z 220DEG 22KT 4512 9350