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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 24, 2023Waseca County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Oct 24, 2023, 10:17 AM CDT for Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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: Oct 24, 2023, 10:17 AM CDT (15:17 UTC)
Expired: Oct 24, 2023, 10:45 AM CDT
In force: 28 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.88 in
Wind: 30

County Waseca 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 Oct 24, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Oct 24, 6:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Oct 24, 10:14 AM CDT, 3 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 8:34 AM CDT, 1 hour 43 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
834 AM CDT Tue Oct 24 2023

WIZ028-241400-
Eau Claire WI-
834 AM CDT Tue Oct 24 2023

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL IMPACT SOUTHEASTERN EAU CLAIRE COUNTY
THROUGH 900 AM CDT...

At 834 AM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Price, or 17 miles northeast of Whitehall, moving east at 45 mph.

HAZARD...Penny size hail.

SOURCE...Radar indicated.

IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible.

Locations impacted include...
Fairchild.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.

&&

LAT...LON 4460 9124 4467 9092 4460 9092
TIME...MOT...LOC 1334Z 253DEG 39KT 4457 9110

MAX HAIL SIZE...0.75 IN
MAX WIND GUST...<30 MPH

CTG

Special weather statement, Oct 24, 10:17 AM 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
Oct 23, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	37 min
Oct 24, 12:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	28 min
Oct 24, 12:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	52 min
Oct 24, 12:33 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Freeborn, Steele	27 min
Oct 24, 1:30 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	30 min
Oct 24, 1:55 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	35 min
Oct 24, 2:09 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	36 min
Oct 24, 10:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	30 min
Oct 24, 11:13 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	32 min
Oct 24, 11:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	31 min
Oct 24, 12:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	43 min
Oct 24, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sibley	35 min
Oct 24, 1:06 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Redwood	24 min
Oct 24, 1:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Scott, Sibley	38 min
Oct 24, 1:32 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Sibley	28 min
Oct 24, 1:52 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	38 min
Oct 24, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	25 min
Oct 24, 8:34 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	26 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.