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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 14, 2020Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 14, 2020, 9:34 PM CDT for Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 56 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

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The facts

Issued: Aug 14, 2020, 9:34 PM CDT (02:34 UTC)
Expired: Aug 14, 2020, 10:30 PM CDT
In force: 56 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Pepin County, WI

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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 Aug 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 14, 7:00 PM CDT, 2 hours 34 minutes before

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In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:35 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:44 PM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 8:47 PM CDT, 47 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
847 PM CDT FRI AUG 14 2020

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0800 PM     LIGHTNING        2 NW MINNEAPOLIS        45.00N 93.30W
08/14/2020                   HENNEPIN           MN   PUBLIC

            LIGHTNING STRUCK A TRANSFORMER AND STARTED A
            TREE FIRE.

&&

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Local storm report, Aug 14, 9:09 PM CDT, 25 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:17 PM CDT, 17 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
917 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020

MNZ078-150300-
Goodhue-
917 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT GOODHUE COUNTY...

At 916 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles west of
Goodhue, or 14 miles southwest of Red Wing, moving east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and dime size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Red Wing, Cannon Falls, Pine Island, Zumbrota, Kenyon, Goodhue,
Stanton, Wanamingo, Frontenac, Vasa, Bellechester and Miesville.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in the Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4420 9305 4451 9304 4451 9292 4454 9291
      4454 9280 4463 9279 4463 9273 4453 9267
      4454 9232 4450 9230 4446 9225 4445 9243
      4437 9243 4436 9255 4420 9256
TIME...MOT...LOC 0216Z 266DEG 39KT 4442 9278

CTG

Special weather statement, Aug 14, 9:34 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
934 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020

WIZ024>028-150330-
Chippewa-Pierce-Dunn-Eau Claire-Pepin-
934 PM CDT Fri Aug 14 2020

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT PEPIN...EASTERN PIERCE...
SOUTHERN DUNN...SOUTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA AND WESTERN EAU CLAIRE
COUNTIES...

At 934 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Elmwood, or 11
miles southwest of Menomonie, moving east at 45 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph and dime size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Eau Claire, Menomonie, Altoona, Lake Hallie, Durand, Elk Mound,
Pepin, Elmwood, Eau Galle, Plum City, Bay City and Stockholm.

To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in the Twin Cities.

LAT...LON 4460 9200 4456 9204 4441 9209 4445 9223
      4450 9230 4454 9231 4454 9214 4457 9214
      4455 9237 4457 9246 4486 9220 4486 9214
      4493 9213 4490 9142 4460 9142
TIME...MOT...LOC 0234Z 266DEG 38KT 4481 9211

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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
Aug 14, 7:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Hennepin, Wright	29 min
Aug 14, 7:11 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet, Scott, Sibley	34 min
Aug 14, 7:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Wright	31 min
Aug 14, 7:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Hennepin	27 min
Aug 14, 7:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey	55 min
Aug 14, 7:56 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Anoka, Hennepin	9 min
Aug 14, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott	33 min
Aug 14, 8:13 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	47 min
Aug 14, 8:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Washington	44 min
Aug 14, 8:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue	50 min
Aug 14, 9:01 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Goodhue	44 min
Aug 14, 9:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	43 min
Aug 14, 8:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	40 min
Aug 14, 9:29 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn	31 min
Aug 14, 9:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Rusk	54 min
Aug 14, 10:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn	44 min
Aug 14, 10:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	40 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.