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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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...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.
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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 9673Special weather statement, Sep 20, 3:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 19, 10:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Stevens | 61 min |
| Sep 20, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Swift | 48 min |
| Sep 20, 3:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Stearns | 39 min |
| Sep 20, 4:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Wright | 49 min |
| Sep 20, 4:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Scott, Sibley, Wright | 49 min |
| Sep 20, 4:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 48 min |
| Sep 20, 5:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne and 1 more | 54 min |
| Sep 20, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 37 min |
| Sep 20, 5:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 42 min |
| Sep 20, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca and 1 more | 49 min |
| Sep 20, 5:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 32 min |
| Sep 20, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Rice | 43 min |
| Sep 20, 6:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 47 min |
| Sep 20, 6:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 58 min |
Nearby
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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.