A lightning strike caused damage to a home in Rosemount, Minnesota during the morning of Friday, July 25th. The home suffered extensive damage as a result of the lightning strike and resultant fire.
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A lightning strike caused damage to a home in Rosemount, Minnesota during the morning of Friday, July 25th. The home suffered extensive damage as a result of the lightning strike and resultant fire. No one was hurt during the event.
The local office's own words before the first event, 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 the first event at Jul 25, 5:02 AM CST, 43 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 602 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 .UPDATED FOR 12Z AVIATION DISCUSSION... ISSUED AT 556 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 && .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 330 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 EARLY MORNING THUNDERSTORMS CONTINUED TO DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING FUELED BY THE VEERING WINDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE THETA_E ADVECTION IN CONNECTION WITH THE LOW LEVEL JET. OVER THE NEXT FEW HOURS THIS 40KT JET WILL BECOME MORE FOCUSED ACROSS SOUTHERN...AND EVENTUALLY SOUTHEASTERN MN. AS A RESULT PRECIPITATION WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP FOR THE NEXT FEW HOURS...BUT SHOULD GRADUALLY WANE SHORTLY AFTER SUNSET AS IT ENTERS WESTERN WI. EARLIER RUNS OF THE RAP MISSED THE PRECIP THAT DEVELOPED IN NORTHEAST SD...SO IT IS NO SURPRISE THAT HIGHRES MODELS HAVE BEEN STRUGGLING TO GET A HANDLE ON THE TWO AREAS OF PRECIP THAT DEVELOPED EARLIER. AS A RESULT MOST OF THE RUNS HAVE BEEN ALL BUT DISCARDED. THE 25.06HRRR HAS FINALLY CAUGHT UP AND IT SUPPORTS THE IDEA OF CONTINUED CONVECTION THIS MORNING...BUT WITH A WEAKENING TREND AFTER 11Z. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS VERY LOW GIVEN THE DEEP STABLE LAYER BENEATH THE ELEVATED CAPE...AND ONLY MARGINAL 30-35KTS OF EFFECTIVE SHEAR. LOOKING AHEAD...SKIES SHOULD CLEAR BEHIND THE MORNING PRECIP YIELDING ANOTHER MUGGY AFTERNOON AS DEWPOINTS CLIMB BACK TO NEAR 70F. INCREASED TEMPS SLIGHTLY ACROSS WEST OF I35...AND RAISED DEWPOINTS AS WELL. OVERNIGHT NORTHWESTERLY WINDS WILL PUSH A COLD FRONT THROUGH THE REGION SENDING DEWPOINTS BACK INTO THE UPPER 50S BY SATURDAY MORNING. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 330 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 THE WEEKEND STARTS OUT ON A MILD NOTE...AS THE AREA REMAINS SANDWICHED BETWEEN A SOUTHERN CONUS RIDGE TO THE SOUTH...AND A MID LEVEL LOW TO THE NORTH IN SASKATCHEWAN/MANITOBA. THE RESULT WILL BE SLIGHTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL HIGHS IN THE MID 80S ON SATURDAY...FOLLOWED BY INCREASING PRECIPITATION CHANCES INTO SUNDAY AS THE AFOREMENTIONED LOW DROPS SOUTH-SOUTHEAST FROM SOUTHERN MANITOBA. AS IS COMMON WITH THESE TYPES OF LOWS...PRECIPITATION CHANCES APPEAR THE HIGHEST FROM CENTRAL MN INTO WI...WHERE FORCING/MOISTURE IS DEEPER. EXPECT SHOWERS WITH ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ON SUNDAY...PARTICULARLY DURING THE AFTERNOON HOURS AS DIURNAL HEATING AIDS DESTABILIZATION. NEXT WEEK STARTS OUT ON A DRY AND MILD NOTE AS THE WEEKEND LOW SHIFTS SOUTHEAST AND A BROAD SURFACE RIDGE BUILDS ACROSS THE CENTRAL CONUS. THE LOCAL AREA REMAINS CRAMMED BETWEEN WESTERN RIDGING AND EASTERN TROUGHING AT THE MID TO UPPER LEVELS OF THE ATMOSPHERE...YIELDING COOLER THAN NORMAL HIGHS FROM MONDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY MOSTLY IN THE 70S...AND LOWS IN THE 50S. THURSDAY AND FRIDAY BRING THE NEXT CHANCE FOR MEASURABLE PRECIPITATION AS SHORTWAVE ENERGY BEGINS TO TRICKLE SOUTH ON THE WESTERN PERIPHERY OF THE EASTERN CONUS TROUGH. CHANCES ARE NOT HIGH AT THIS POINT GIVEN MODEST FORCING AND MOISTURE...BUT SUFFICIENT FOR THE INCLUSION OF 20-30 POPS. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 556 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE TO WEAKEN AS THEM MOVE ACROSS THE REGION THIS MORNING. FORECAST GUIDANCE WANTS TO SHOW A FEW LOW CLOUDS ACROSS NORTHWEST MN LATER TODAY...BUT CONFIDENCE IS TOO LOW TO INCLUDE IN THE TAF AT THIS TIME. LOOKING AHEAD...FOG SHOULD DEVELOP AHEAD OF A COLD FRONT THAT IS FORECAST TO SLOWLY MOVE ACROSS THE REGION LATER TODAY. THE BEST CHANCE FOR FOG IS ACROSS THE EAST AT KRNH AND KEAU. KMSP... PRECIP WILL BE OUT OF THE REGION BEFORE 12Z...WITH VFR CONDITIONS EXPECTED THROUGHOUT THE PERIOD. CHANCE FOR FOG IS LOW AT KMSP. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SUN...VFR WITH MVFR/SHRA POSSIBLE. WINDS NW AT 10G15KTS. MON...VFR. WINDS N AT 5KTS. TUE...VFR. WINDS N AT 10KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JRB LONG TERM...LS AVIATION...JRB
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 436 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 260945- 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- 436 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY...MAINLY THIS MORNING. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY...MAINLY ALONG AND NORTH OF INTERSTATE 94. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
MNZ047-054>056-064-250800-
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
208 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI
PARLE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM
CDT...
AT 205 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF WHEATON TO
LAGOONA BEACH TO 5 MILES WEST OF MORITZ. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
FLORIDA CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
FISH LAKE
MADISON
DONNELLY
MORRIS
CANBY
APPLETON
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 4521 9647 4527 9646 4528 9643 4526 9630
4522 9625 4520 9611 4540 9612 4541 9626
4576 9625 4577 9577 4542 9575 4541 9569
4516 9566 4465 9576 4462 9578 4463 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 301DEG 38KT 4586 9646 4535 9646
4484 9664
JRBThe Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 49 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:43 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A lightning strike caused damage to a home in Rosemount, Minnesota during the morning of Friday, July 25th. The home suffered extensive damage as a result of the lightning strike and fire. No one was hurt during the event.
After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.
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