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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2018Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2018, 10:54 AM CDT for Meeker 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

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jun 11, 2018, 10:54 AM CDT (15:54 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2018, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 3 hr
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Meeker County, MN

The radar

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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 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 19 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 10, 3:30 PM CDT, 19 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDT, 19 hours 15 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 11, 4:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	37 min
Jun 11, 8:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	2 hr
Jun 11, 11:17 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Swift	3 hr
Jun 11, 11:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	3 hr
Jun 11, 11:39 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	3 hr
Jun 11, 12:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 5 more	66 min
Jun 11, 1:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine	80 min
Jun 11, 5:24 PM CDT	High Wind Warning	MPX	Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns and 1 more	96 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2018 Every special weather statement in 2018

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.