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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2014Chippewa County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2014, 5:03 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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: Sep 3, 2014, 5:03 AM CDT (10:03 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2014, 5:45 AM CDT
In force: 42 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Chippewa County, MN

The radar

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The text

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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 Sep 3, 3:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 3:51 AM CDT, 1 hour 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 3:52 AM CDT, 1 hour 11 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
352 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
040900-
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-
352 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...ESPECIALLY NORTH OF I-94. SOME
STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO SEVERE. THE MAIN THREAT IS LARGE
HAIL...BUT A FEW TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE AS WELL AS HEAVY RAIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THURSDAY IN EASTERN MN AND
WESTERN WI. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON.

JRB

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 5:03 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
503 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNZ056-064-065-031045-
CHIPPEWA-RENVILLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-
503 AM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

AT 501 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES WEST OF GRANITE FALLS...OR 14 MILES NORTHWEST OF
UPPER SIOUX AGENCY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  CLARKFIELD.
  GRANITE FALLS.
  MINNESOTA FALLS.
  SACRED HEART.
  RENVILLE.
  DANUBE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9508 4472 9511 4477 9583 4489 9580
TIME...MOT...LOC 1003Z 271DEG 36KT 4482 9567

BORGHOFF

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	2 hr
Sep 3, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville	49 min
Sep 3, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville, Sibley	39 min
Sep 3, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Sibley	23 min
Sep 3, 10:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	26 min
Sep 3, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod	24 min
Sep 3, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	51 min
Sep 3, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	30 min
Sep 3, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	36 min
Sep 3, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	47 min
Sep 3, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	44 min
Sep 3, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	35 min
Sep 3, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	41 min
Sep 3, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	50 min
Sep 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope	3 hr
Sep 3, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	35 min
Sep 3, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	41 min
Sep 3, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	44 min
Sep 3, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	31 min
Sep 3, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	48 min
Sep 3, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	50 min
Sep 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	30 min
Sep 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	47 min
Sep 3, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison	53 min
Sep 3, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	41 min
Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	43 min
Sep 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	3 hr
Sep 3, 5:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Morrison	3 hr
Sep 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	3 hr
Sep 3, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	51 min
Sep 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	24 min
Sep 3, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Polk	26 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.