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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 9, 2020, 2:52 PM CDT for 13 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 83 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
- May 9, 2020, 2:52 PM CDT (19:52 UTC)
- Expired
- May 9, 2020, 4:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 83 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Carver County, MN, Faribault County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Martin County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Nicollet County, MN, Renville County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Watonwan County, MN
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The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 72 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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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 May 9, 2:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 9, 2:39 PM CDT, 13 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 9, 1:59 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 159 PM CDT Sat May 9 2020 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 101900- 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- 159 PM CDT Sat May 9 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight. Snow is likely late this afternoon across central Minnesota and tonight across the remainder of the area. Accumulations of 1 to 3 inches are possible on grassy areas along and north of I-94, especially in Wisconsin tonight. There is a chance of thunderstorms across southern Minnesota late this afternoon and early evening. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. More frosts and freezes are expected each night from Saturday night through Tuesday night. There is a slight chance of thunderstorms Wednesday and Thursday. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 9, 2:52 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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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.