Tornado and Hail in Minnesota, July 27, 2006

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
257 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

.DISCUSSION...
SHORT TERM...TONIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY
LOW LEVEL CONVERGENCE OVER WEST CENTRAL WI HAS MOVED EAST OF OUR
CWA...SO HAVE DELETED CONVECTION FROM THAT AREA FOR TONIGHT.
WIDELY SCATTERED CONVECTION MAY FIRE ALONG CONVERGENCE LINE TO OUR
NORTHWEST AND DRIFT INTO FAR NORTHWESTERN CWA OVERNIGHT. FRIDAY
FEATURES GOOD AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE MODEL SOLUTIONS WITH HOT
SOUTHWEST FLOW SWEEPING ACROSS THE CWA. HAVE USED THE WARMEST OF
THE MOS FOR MAXES FRIDAY...THAT BEING THE GFS MOS. THIS REACHES
EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH CRITERIA FOR THE CORE OF THE METRO AREA WHERE
WATCH WAS ISSUED EARLIER.

NAMWRF MOVES BOUNDARY SOUTH OF OUR CWA SATURDAY...SETTING UP
SUBSTANTIAL COOLING AND ISENTROPIC LIFT ALG WITH ATTENDANT
CONVECTION. HAVE STUCK WITH PREVIOUS GRIDS...WHICH FOLLOWED THE
GFS...WHICH CONTINUES TO STALL OUT THE FRONT JUST NORTH OF THE TWIN
CITIES METRO. GOOD RUN TO RUN CONTINUITY IN THE GFS...BIAS OF
NAMWRF PUSHING THE FRONT TOO FAR SOUTH WITH PREVIOUS SYSTEM...AND
CORROBORATION OF THE GFS SOLN BY THE NGM ALL ENCOURAGED US TO
RETAIN THE PREVIOUS SOLUTION. CONVECTIVE DEBRIS COULD KEEP US
COOLER ON SATURDAY EVEN SOUTH OF THE FRONT THAN FRIDAY...ESSENTIALLY
HOT RATHER THAN VERY HOT. KEPT THE PRECIPITATION CHANCES AS IS
ACROSS NORTHERN CWA.

ON SUNDAY THE GFS AND NAMWRF CONVERGE SOLUTIONS ON HAVING THE FRONT
NORTH OF OUR CWA. SO...THE CERTAINTY OF THE HEAT ON SUNDAY INCREASES
DRAMATICALLY. ERGO...WE HAD NO PROBLEM RAISING THE MAXES TO THE
MAV...WARMEST OF THE MOS...SOLUTIONS. NOT CONVINCED THAT THE HIGH
GFS MOS DEWPOINTS WILL VERIFY SUNDAY...REGARDLESS...THE HEAT WATCH
LOOKS VERY GOOD FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES...AND MAY WELL NEED
TO BE EXPANDED TO THE NON-URBAN CWA AS WE GET CLOSER TO THE EVENT
FOR SUNDAY AND BEYOND.

LONGER TERM...SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH THURSDAY
THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD WILL BE DOMINATED BY A CONTINUATION OF
HOT WEATHER. THE 27/00Z MREF ENSEMBLE DATA INDICATES 850MB
NORMALIZED ANOMALIES OF +3 FOR MONDAY ACROSS CENTRAL MN AND PORTIONS
OF NW WI. SOME RELIEF LIKELY LATER IN THE FORECAST PERIOD AS A COOL
FRONT SAGS SOUTHWARD THROUGH THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY.
PREVIOUS GRIDDED FORECAST HAS A GOOD HANDLE THE PRECIP TIMING AND
FEW CHANGES WERE MADE. MOST SIGNIFICANT CHANGES WERE TO RAISE THE
LOW/HIGH TEMPERATURES SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
THE TWIN CITIES METROPOLITAN AREA WITH 78/98 NOW FORECAST. STILL
EXPECT LOWER TO MIDDLE 90S OVER THE MUCH OF THE FA ON TUESDAY WITH
THE EXPECTATION THAT THE GFS IS LOWERING HEIGHTS TOO QUICKLY WHEN
COMPARED TO THE ECMWF.

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH FROM FRIDAY AFTERNOON THROUGH LATE SUNDAY
     NIGHT FOR HENNEPIN-RAMSEY COUNTY(IES).

WI...NONE.
&&

RJN/RAH

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
344 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
280845-
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-
344 AM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

UNSEASONABLE HEAT AND HUMIDITY WILL RETURN TO THE AREA LATE THIS
WEEK AND OVER THE WEEKEND...WITH TEMPERATURES WARMING INTO THE MID
AND UPPER 90S. HEAT INDICES COULD REACH OR EXCEED TRIPLE
DIGITS FROM FRIDAY THROUGH EARLY NEXT WEEK...ESPECIALLY ACROSS
PORTIONS OF WESTERN AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA. AN EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
IS IN EFFECT FOR HENNEPIN AND RAMSEY COUNTIES FROM FRIDAY
AFTERNOON THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT. SEE THE LATEST NON PRECIPITATION
STATEMENT FOR ADDITIONAL DETAILS.

IN ADDITION TO THE HEAT...SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE
OVER THE WEEKEND AND INTO EARLY NEXT WEEK...SOME OF WHICH COULD
PRODUCE LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. AT THIS TIME...IT APPEARS
THAT NORTHERN PORTIONS OF THE AREA...AS WELL AS WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN...WILL BE MOST SUSCEPTIBLE TO THE SEVERE
THUNDERSTORMS...ALTHOUGH THE RISK EXTENDS TO ALL OF SOUTHERN AND
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AS WELL. ADDITIONAL DETAILS ON TIMING AND
LOCATION WILL BE AVAILABLE AS THE WEEKEND APPROACHES.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED OVER THE WEEKEND AND
EARLY NEXT WEEK.

KAT

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
636 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

MNZ054-056-280015-
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-
636 PM CDT THU JUL 27 2006

...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ALERT FOR LAC QUI PARLE AND WESTERN CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES UNTIL 715 PM CDT...

AT 634 PM CDT...NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A
STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES NORTH OF MADISON...OR 11 MILES SOUTHWEST
OF APPLETON...AND MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP A HALF INCH...AND WINDS AROUND 45 TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED
WITH THIS STORM.

MTF