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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 13, 20245 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 13, 2024, 11:19 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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: Jun 13, 2024, 11:19 AM CDT (16:19 UTC)
Expired: Jun 13, 2024, 12:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 50

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Brown County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

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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 13, 5:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 13, 5:48 AM CDT, 5 hours 31 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 13, 3:41 AM CDT, 7 hours 38 minutes before

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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 13, 10:25 AM CDT, 54 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 13, 11:19 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
Jun 12, 7:02 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Stearns	28 min
Jun 12, 7:27 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne	48 min
Jun 12, 7:45 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Sherburne	30 min
Jun 12, 7:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	31 min
Jun 12, 8:15 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	14 min
Jun 12, 8:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	27 min
Jun 12, 8:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago	41 min
Jun 12, 8:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	29 min
Jun 12, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne	35 min
Jun 12, 9:25 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka	21 min
Jun 12, 9:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	39 min
Jun 12, 9:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	36 min
Jun 12, 10:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	26 min
Jun 12, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Washington	38 min
Jun 12, 10:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	26 min
Jun 12, 10:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	37 min
Jun 12, 11:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	21 min
Jun 12, 11:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	33 min
Jun 12, 11:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Nicollet, Renville, Sibley	37 min
Jun 12, 11:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	44 min
Jun 13, 10:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth, Brown, Steele, Waseca, Watonwan	50 min
Jun 13, 12:24 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	36 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.