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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 20, 2014Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 20, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT for Morrison County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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 20, 2014, 3:19 PM CDT (20:19 UTC)
Expired
Sep 20, 2014, 4:15 PM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Morrison County, MN, Todd 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 20, 2:55 PM CDT, 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 20, 2:55 PM CDT, 24 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 20, 12:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1207 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
211715-
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-
1207 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL RACE SOUTHEAST
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
INTO WESTERN WISCONSIN EARLY THIS EVENING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK
OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE AREA. THE LARGEST THREAT WILL
BE DAMAGING WIND...WITH A SECONDARY THREAT FOR LARGE HAIL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TUESDAY NIGHT INTO WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
THIS ACTIVITY IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE SEVERE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED BETWEEN 4 PM AND
8 PM.

BORGHOFF

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 20, 2:14 PM CDT, 1 hour 5 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
214 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2014

MNZ041-047-048-202015-
DOUGLAS-POPE-STEVENS-
214 PM CDT SAT SEP 20 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO DOUGLAS...NORTHWEST POPE AND NORTHERN
STEVENS COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM CDT...

AT 211 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES NORTH OF FERGUS
FALLS TO 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESVILLE TO 16 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
WHEATON. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  MELBY.
  FISH LAKE.
  MILLERVILLE.
  HOLMES CITY.
  LEAF VALLEY.
  MORRIS AIRPORT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4576 9625 4577 9577 4608 9579 4612 9576
      4611 9514 4570 9514 4550 9576 4556 9625
      4571 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1914Z 281DEG 38KT 4647 9607 4589 9612
          4568 9673
Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 19, 10:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Freeborn47 min
Sep 20, 2:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Stevens61 min
Sep 20, 2:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift48 min
Sep 20, 3:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns39 min
Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Wright49 min
Sep 20, 4:56 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, McLeod, Scott, Sibley, Wright49 min
Sep 20, 4:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley48 min
Sep 20, 5:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 1 more54 min
Sep 20, 5:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca37 min
Sep 20, 5:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott42 min
Sep 20, 5:41 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca and 1 more49 min
Sep 20, 5:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele, Waseca32 min
Sep 20, 6:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Rice43 min
Sep 20, 6:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca47 min
Sep 20, 6:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix58 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.