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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2015Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2015, 9:35 PM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

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The facts

Issued: Jun 7, 2015, 9:35 PM CDT (02:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2015, 10:00 PM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Mille Lacs County, MN

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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.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 10 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT, 1 hour 15 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT, 44 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:19 PM CDT, 16 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 9:35 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
935 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

MNZ044-045-050>052-080300-
KANABEC-SHERBURNE-BENTON-ISANTI-MILLE LACS-
935 PM CDT SUN JUN 7 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN MILLE LACS...
NORTHWESTERN ISANTI...SOUTHWESTERN KANABEC...NORTH CENTRAL SHERBURNE
AND EASTERN BENTON COUNTIES...

AT 935 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER OAK PARK...OR 19 MILES
NORTHEAST OF ST. CLOUD...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
PRINCETON...MILACA...FOLEY...FORESTON...BOCK...GLENDORADO...DALBO...
PEASE...OAK PARK...RONNEBY...LEWIS LAKE AND PRINCETON AIRPORT.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

LAT...LON 4593 9361 4575 9331 4547 9370 4566 9397
      4583 9383 4583 9377 4590 9377 4595 9372
TIME...MOT...LOC 0235Z 314DEG 30KT 4573 9385

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 7, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	30 min
Jun 7, 7:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	35 min
Jun 7, 8:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	40 min
Jun 7, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	35 min
Jun 7, 8:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	24 min
Jun 7, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	32 min
Jun 7, 9:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	31 min
Jun 7, 9:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	26 min
Jun 7, 9:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti, Sherburne	32 min
Jun 7, 10:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Chisago	42 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.