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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 12, 2022, 5:25 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 35 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 12, 2022, 5:25 AM CDT (10:25 UTC)
- Expired
- May 12, 2022, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 35 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
- Hail
- 0.75 in
- Wind
- 50
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN
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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 12, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 12, 3:28 AM CDT, 1 hour 57 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 444 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 130945- 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- 444 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Strong to severe storms are possible this morning over western Minnesota, and again this afternoon and evening across much of the region. Large hail will be the primary threat this morning, and damaging winds later today. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday. No hazardous weather is expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.
In the hours before
Local storm report, May 11, 11:54 PM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1154 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG 2 N CEYLON 43.57N 94.63W
05/11/2022 MARTIN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEW TREES DOWN, INCLUDING ONE ACROSS THE
ROAD.
0810 PM TSTM WND DMG CRYSTAL 45.03N 93.36W
05/11/2022 HENNEPIN MN DEPT OF HIGHWAYS
TREES DOWN PER PUBLIC WORKS. LARGE TREE
BLOCKING RESIDENTIAL STREET IN CRYSTAL, MN.
PHOTO PROVIDED VIA TWITTER.
0715 PM TSTM WND DMG MADELIA 44.05N 94.42W
05/11/2022 WATONWAN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
LARGE BRANCHES DOWN. A FEW STRUCTURES WERE
DAMAGED, INCLUDING A BUILDING UNDER
CONSTRUCTION THAT HAD ITS ROOF TAKEN OFF.
WIND DAMAGE WAS ALSO NOTED 2 E MADELIA,
WHERE POWER POLES WERE DOWNED.
0730 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTHROP 43.74N 94.44W
05/11/2022 MARTIN MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
FEW TREES DOWN.
&&Local storm report, May 11, 11:56 PM CDT, 5 hours 29 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1156 PM CDT WED MAY 11 2022
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0730 PM HAIL TRIMONT 43.77N 94.71W
05/11/2022 M1.25 INCH MARTIN MN TRAINED SPOTTER
CORRECTS PREVIOUS HAIL REPORT FROM TRIMONT.
&&Special weather statement, May 12, 12:01 AM CDT, 5 hours 24 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1201 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022
WIZ015-016-025>028-120530-
Chippewa WI-Barron WI-Dunn WI-Eau Claire WI-Rusk WI-Pepin WI-
1201 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...Strong thunderstorms will impact portions of northeastern Pepin,
Rusk, southeastern Dunn, Chippewa, southeastern Barron and Eau Claire
Counties through 1230 AM CDT...
At 1200 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking strong thunderstorms along
a line extending from near Weyerhaeuser to near Elk Mound. Movement
was east at 45 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Strong thunderstorms will be near...
Weyerhaeuser around 1205 AM CDT.
Bruce around 1210 AM CDT.
Ladysmith around 1215 AM CDT.
Eau Claire and Chippewa Falls around 1220 AM CDT.
Other locations in the path of these storms include Lake Wissota and
Cadott.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 49 and 87.
U.S. Highway 53 between mile markers 86 and 123.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4537 9092 4460 9092 4459 9151 4470 9192
4553 9147 4564 9079 4564 9068 4538 9068
TIME...MOT...LOC 0500Z 257DEG 38KT 4546 9136 4483 9168
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TDHSpecial weather statement, May 12, 12:37 AM CDT, 4 hours 48 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1237 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022
WIZ027-120545-
Chippewa WI-
1237 AM CDT Thu May 12 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Chippewa County through 1245 AM CDT...
At 1237 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Cadott, or 17 miles northeast of Eau Claire, moving east at 55 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 50 mph and nickel size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
This strong thunderstorm will be near...
Boyd around 1240 AM CDT.
Stanley around 1245 AM CDT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
&&
LAT...LON 4486 9120 4506 9123 4512 9093 4505 9092
4489 9093
TIME...MOT...LOC 0537Z 256DEG 48KT 4497 9113
MAX HAIL SIZE...0.88 IN
MAX WIND GUST...50 MPH
TDHLocal storm report, May 12, 12:52 AM CDT, 4 hours 33 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott, Sibley | 33 min |
| May 11, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 29 min |
| May 11, 7:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 39 min |
| May 11, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 95 min |
| May 11, 7:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 63 min |
| May 11, 7:31 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Scott | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin | 42 min |
| May 11, 7:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Wright | 55 min |
| May 11, 7:38 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 37 min |
| May 11, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin | 34 min |
| May 11, 7:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 47 min |
| May 11, 7:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 44 min |
| May 11, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 47 min |
| May 11, 8:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Wright | 43 min |
| May 11, 8:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 42 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 36 min |
| May 11, 8:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota | 40 min |
| May 11, 8:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Ramsey, Washington | 62 min |
| May 11, 8:23 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Ramsey | 25 min |
| May 11, 8:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 63 min |
| May 11, 8:33 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Waseca | 26 min |
| May 11, 8:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 65 min |
| May 11, 8:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Morrison, Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 11, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele, Waseca | 44 min |
| May 11, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 27 min |
| May 11, 8:58 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 92 min |
| May 11, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Waseca | 25 min |
| May 11, 9:22 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 38 min |
| May 11, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 27 min |
| May 11, 10:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 35 min |
| May 11, 10:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 32 min |
| May 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 90 min |
| May 11, 11:09 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 29 days |
| May 12, 2:21 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Nicollet, Redwood and 5 more | 4 hr |
| May 12, 4:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 35 min |
| May 12, 4:59 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| May 12, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| May 12, 6:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns | 23 min |
| May 12, 7:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 25 min |
| May 12, 7:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 28 min |
| May 12, 7:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 30 min |
| May 12, 7:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 27 min |
| May 12, 7:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 24 min |
| May 12, 7:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 36 min |
| May 12, 8:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Todd | 32 min |
| May 12, 9:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Swift | 30 min |
| May 12, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Pope, Swift | 36 min |
| May 12, 10:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Stearns | 29 min |
| May 12, 10:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 43 min |
| May 12, 10:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 26 min |
| May 12, 10:44 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 46 min |
| May 12, 11:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 83 min |
| May 12, 11:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 49 min |
| May 12, 11:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 12, 11:44 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Redwood | 7 days |
| May 12, 12:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Sherburne | 33 min |
| May 12, 12:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne and 1 more | 82 min |
| May 12, 12:43 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 32 min |
| May 12, 5:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 49 min |
| May 12, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Martin, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Watonwan and 1 more | 58 min |
| May 12, 6:15 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 15 min |
| May 12, 6:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Pope, Stevens, Swift | 44 min |
| May 12, 6:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Stearns | 64 min |
| May 12, 6:34 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 26 min |
| May 12, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 17 min |
| May 12, 6:47 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 13 min |
| May 12, 6:52 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 53 min |
| May 12, 6:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Pope | 17 min |
| May 11, 9:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pepin | 56 min |
| May 11, 10:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pepin | 30 min |
| May 11, 10:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 55 min |
| May 11, 10:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 38 min |
| May 11, 10:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Rusk | 89 min |
| May 11, 10:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 67 min |
| May 12, 12:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire, Rusk | 29 min |
| May 12, 12:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 8 min |
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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.