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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2015Martin County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2015, 4:35 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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: Jun 20, 2015, 4:35 AM CDT (09:35 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2015, 5:00 AM CDT
In force: 25 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Martin County, MN

The radar

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 Jun 20, 4:12 AM CDT, 23 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 4:12 AM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 4:34 AM CDT, 1 minute before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
434 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

MNZ041>044-047>051-054>059-064>068-073>076-082-083-091-092-210945-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-BENTON-
SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-REDWOOD-BROWN-
NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-
434 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR DAMAGING WINDS AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS
MINNESOTA...PRIMARILY WEST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.
TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LEADING TO PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL
ALSO BE OF CONCERN. GUSTY WINDS TO 45 MPH MAY OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF
THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THIS MORNING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY...AND AGAIN PERIODICALLY FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS
LOW...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE OF CONCERN IN LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVE REPEATED BOUTS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL BE NEEDED OVER SOUTH CENTRAL
MINNESOTA THIS MORNING.

MNZ045-052-053-060>063-069-070-077-078-084-085-093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-210945-
KANABEC-ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-RICE-GOODHUE-WASECA-STEELE-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
434 AM CDT SAT JUN 20 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

A THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX WILL MOVE ACROSS THE AREA THIS MORNING.
THERE WILL BE A RISK FOR STRONG WINDS AS THIS LINE MOVES ACROSS
MINNESOTA...BUT ANY SEVERE WINDS ARE EXPECTED TO OCCUR WEST OF
THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS LEADING TO
PONDING OF WATER ON ROADWAYS WILL ALSO BE OF CONCERN. GUSTY WINDS
TO 45 MPH MAY OCCUR IN THE WAKE OF THE THUNDERSTORM COMPLEX THIS
MORNING.

THUNDERSTORMS MAY REDEVELOP THIS AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY FROM SOUTH
CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...EAST OF THE
INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE OF SEVERE WEATHER
IN STORMS THAT DEVELOP...MORE TOWARD THE IOWA BORDER.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE FROM SUNDAY EVENING THROUGH
MONDAY...AND AGAIN PERIODICALLY FROM WEDNESDAY NIGHT THROUGH
FRIDAY. AT THIS TIME THE THREAT FOR SEVERE STORMS APPEARS
LOW...ALTHOUGH HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE OF CONCERN IN LOCATIONS THAT
RECEIVE REPEATED BOUTS OF THUNDERSTORM ACTIVITY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL MOST LIKELY NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 19, 10:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 55 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1040 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

MNZ082-091-200430-
WATONWAN-MARTIN-
1040 PM CDT FRI JUN 19 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN MARTIN AND SOUTHWESTERN
WATONWAN COUNTIES...

AT 1039 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR BERGEN...OR NEAR
WINDOM...MOVING EAST AT 40 MPH. THE STORM WILL CROSS INTO
SOUTHWESTERN WATONWAN AND WESTERN MARTIN COUNTIES BY 1055 PM.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FAIRMONT...SHERBURN...TRUMAN...TRIMONT...WELCOME...ORMSBY...ODIN...
FOXLAKE AND WILBERT.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 100.

LAT...LON 4359 9485 4390 9486 4391 9485 4386 9439
      4355 9453
TIME...MOT...LOC 0339Z 285DEG 33KT 4382 9506

AJZ

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:06 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:35 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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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 19, 10:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	50 min
Jun 20, 3:59 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood, Yellow Medicine	46 min
Jun 20, 4:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	24 min
Jun 20, 4:14 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Renville, Sibley	46 min
Jun 20, 4:26 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Watonwan	34 min
Jun 20, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod, Sibley	31 min
Jun 20, 4:46 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright	119 min
Jun 20, 4:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Nicollet	36 min
Jun 20, 5:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	40 min
Jun 20, 5:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	35 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.