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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 29, 2018Dakota County, Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 29, 2018, 9:04 PM CDT for Dakota County, Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: May 29, 2018, 9:04 PM CDT (02:04 UTC)
Expired: May 30, 2018, 12:00 AM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Dakota County, MN, Ramsey County, MN

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What forecasters said that day

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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 29, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 29, 7:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 51 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 29, 7:32 PM CDT, 1 hour 32 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 7:37 PM CDT, 1 hour 27 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
737 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

MNZ084-085-093-300100-
Steele-Waseca-Freeborn-
737 PM CDT TUE MAY 29 2018

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FREEBORN...
SOUTHWESTERN STEELE AND SOUTHEASTERN WASECA COUNTIES...

At 736 PM CDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Clarks Grove,
or 7 miles north of Albert Lea, moving north at 40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Albert Lea, New Richland, Clarks Grove, Ellendale, Glenville, Geneva,
Hartland, Hollandale, Freeborn, Hayward, Otisco and Lemond.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 35 between mile markers 5 and 37.
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 148 and 170.

Funnel clouds from this shower/thunderstorm could briefly touch down
as weak tornadoes. People in the affected area should remain inside
a sturdy structure until the shower/thunderstorm passes.

LAT...LON 4359 9310 4353 9324 4362 9352 4373 9357
      4401 9357 4402 9317
TIME...MOT...LOC 0036Z 175DEG 36KT 4376 9339

ETA

Special weather statement, May 29, 7:55 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:18 PM CDT, 46 minutes before

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Local storm report, May 29, 8:19 PM CDT, 45 minutes before

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Special weather statement, May 29, 9:04 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.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 29, 7:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	30 min
May 29, 7:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin, Watonwan	23 min
May 29, 7:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Steele	28 min
May 29, 7:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	23 min
May 29, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	35 min
May 30, 11:52 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	38 min
May 30, 1:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	27 min
May 30, 2:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	62 min
May 30, 3:03 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	117 min
May 30, 3:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Waseca	60 min
May 30, 3:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	38 min
May 30, 4:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	113 min
May 30, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	119 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.