Rosemount Fire Department officials said lightning was to blame for a fire that damaged a fourplex on 156th Street early Friday morning in Rosemount. Firefighters arrived to find a fire burning on the exterior of the building’s south side.
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Rosemount Fire Department officials said lightning was to blame for a fire that damaged a fourplex on 156th Street early Friday morning in Rosemount. Firefighters arrived to find a fire burning on the exterior of the building’s south side. The fire eventually worked its way inside the building, but firefighters were able to get the flames under control quickly. No injuries were reported.
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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jul 24, 4:57 AM CST, 33 minutes earlier.
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 557 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 .SHORT TERM...(TODAY AND TONIGHT) ISSUED AT 355 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 SEVERAL STRONG TSRA/S MOVED ACROSS MPX CWA DURING THE EARLY MORNING...WHICH WAS AHEAD OF A FRONT IN THE EASTERN DAKOTAS AS OF 3 AM. THE MAIN FORECAST CONCERN IS IF SHRA/TSRA REDEVELOPMENT /ALONG & AHEAD OF FRONT/ DURING THE AFTN ONCE THE MORNING ACTIVITY MOVES OFF INTO IA/WI. TIMING OF THIS FRONT AND THE AMT OF INSTABILITY ALONG AND AHEAD OF IT...STILL WARRANTS CHC POPS IN MPX FAR SE CWA. ALTHOUGH CURRENT SHORT TERM MODELS ARE MAINLY DRY. THE BEST AREAS OF REDEVELOPMENT WILL BE SE OF A LINE FROM KAEL TO KEAU. SVR WX IS POSSIBLE BASED ON THE SVR WX PARAMETERS THIS AFTN IF STORMS DEVELOP. TEMPS WILL ONCE AGAIN RISE INTO THE MID/UPPER 80S WITH HEAT INDICES RISING INTO THE 90S AHEAD OF THIS FRONT. DEPENDING UPON THE AMT OF MIXING IN THE BOUNDARY LAYER TODAY...WILL DETERMINE IF WE GET FOG LATER TONIGHT AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD. .LONG TERM...(SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY) ISSUED AT 0355 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 THE FIRST HALF OF THE LONG TERM FORECAST PERIOD WILL BE RATHER ACTIVE AND FEATURE WARM TEMPERATURES...AND THEN DRIER AND COOLER AIR ARRIVES MID TO LATE IN THE UPCOMING WEEK. A 1015MB HIGH WILL BE DRIFTING ACROSS THE AREA ON SATURDAY...AS WE REMAIN ON THE NORTHERN PERIPHERY OF THE SOUTHERN CONUS MID LEVEL RIDGE. THIS WILL TRANSLATE TO LIGHT WINDS AND SLIGHTLY ABOVE NORMAL TEMPS...WITH HIGHS IN THE MID TO UPPER 80S. SATURDAY NIGHT BRINGS A RETURN TO SOUTHERLY FLOW AS THE AFOREMENTIONED HIGH EXITS TO THE SOUTHEAST...WHICH WILL DRAW MOISTURE BACK INTO THE REGION. ELEVATED INSTABILITY LOOKS TO TRIGGER SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS OVERNIGHT SATURDAY INTO SUNDAY. MODEL SOLUTIONS /GFS-NAM-ECMWF/ ARE CONTINUING TO HINT AT THE PRESENCE OF A BOUNDARY IN THE AREA ON SUNDAY AFTERNOON...ALTHOUGH ITS LOCATION AND ATTENDANT CONVECTION IS STILL HIGHLY VARIABLE AMONGST THE SOLUTIONS. HAVE THEREFORE KEPT POPS IN THE LOW-MID CHANCE RANGE...ALTHOUGH BEST ESTIMATE AT THIS POINT IS IN SCATTERED SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS ARCHING FROM CENTRAL MN INTO SOUTHEASTERN MN AND NORTHEASTERN IA. ALTHOUGH THE BOUNDARY LOOKS TO BE IN THE VICINITY OF THE AREA ON MONDAY...A FAIRLY DECENT MID LEVEL CAP IS FORECAST TO BE IN PLACE. THEREFORE KEPT THE FORECAST DRY FOR MONDAY. A STRONGER BOUNDARY LIFTS INTO THE AREA ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY. HAVE A BIT HIGHER CONFIDENCE IN POPS WITH THIS ONE. MID/UPPER DYNAMICS /SHEAR/ ARE NOT IMPRESSIVE DURING THIS TIME FRAME...ALTHOUGH THE PROGGED INSTABILITY WILL BEAR WATCHING FOR SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL. IN THE WAKE OF THE FRONT...COOLER TEMPS /80-85/ WILL PREVAIL ON WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY...ALONG WITH DRY WEATHER. && .AVIATION...(FOR THE 12Z TAFS THROUGH 12Z SATURDAY MORNING) ISSUED AT 555 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT MOST OF THE SHRA/TSRA ACTIVITY WILL BE SE OF MOST OF MPX CWA BY 15Z...WITH ONLY KEAU LINGERING THRU 16Z...AND POSSIBLY REDEVELOPING DURING THE AFTN. BUT CONFIDENCE IS LOW ON KEAU EXPECTING MORE TSRA ACTIVITY THIS AFTN. MVFR/IFR CIGS ARE LIKELY IN SOME AREAS DUE TO THE DECAYING TSRA COMPLEX AND BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE RICH. EXPECT THE CIGS TO SLOWLY RISE TO HIGH END MVFR OR LOW END VFR BY 16-17Z...WITH VFR BY THE AFTN. WINDS WILL SHIFT TO THE SW/WEST BY THE LATE MORNING/AFTN FROM NW TO SE. SOME GUSTS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY THE FRONTAL PASSAGE. SOME BR/FG IS ALSO POSSIBLE TOWARD MORNING AS HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS OVERHEAD. KMSP... HIGH CONFIDENCE THAT TSRA WILL BE OUT OF THE TERMINAL AREA BY 13Z...BUT MVFR CIGS MAY LINGER THRU 15-16Z...WITH VFR BY THE AFTN. FRONTAL PASSAGE IS EXPECTED BETWEEN 18-20Z...WITH GUSTY WINDS BEHIND THE FRONT UNTIL 1Z. /OUTLOOK FOR KMSP/ SAT...VFR. LIGHT AND VARIABLE WINDS BECOMING SE AT 5 KTS. SUN...MAINLY VFR. CHC MVFR SHRA/TSRA. WINDS SE 5-10 KTS. MON...MAINLY VFR. SLGT CHC MVFR SHRA/TSRA. WINDS SE 5-10 KTS. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && SHORT TERM...JLT LONG TERM...LS AVIATION...JLT
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 429 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 250930- 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- 429 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS MORNING. HEAVY DOWNPOURS WITH THESE STORMS MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. ISOLATED STORMS COULD ALSO PRODUCE STRONG WIND GUSTS AND QUARTER SIZED HAIL. IN THE WAKE OF THE MORNING STORMS...CLOUDS WILL SCATTER OUT ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...AND ALLOW HEAT INDICES TO RISE TO NEAR 95 DEGREES. MEANWHILE...THUNDERSTORM REDEVELOPMENT IS POSSIBLE DURING THE AFTERNOON...PRIMARILY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR. A FEW OF THESE STORMS COULD BE STRONG OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY MORE THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FROM SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY...AND AGAIN ON MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT. THERE APPEARS TO BE A SMALL THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER ON MONDAY NIGHT AND TUESDAY...ALTHOUGH CERTAINTY ON TIMING AND LOCATION IS LOW. CHECK FUTURE OUTLOOKS FOR DETAILS ABOUT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL WITH THESE STORMS. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TODAY...PRIMARILY EAST OF THE INTERSTATE 35 CORRIDOR.
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
518 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
MNZ067-069-076-077-083-241115-
SIBLEY-RICE-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-SCOTT-
518 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
SIBLEY...RICE...LE SUEUR...BLUE EARTH...SCOTT...
AT 518 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WAS OVER LE SUEUR...OR OVER FARIBAULT.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
FARIBAULT...ST. PETER...NEW PRAGUE...BELLE PLAINE...LE SUEUR...
LONSDALE...MONTGOMERY...LE CENTER...ARLINGTON...WATERVILLE...WEBSTER
AND MADISON LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 58.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 64 AND 69...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 76 AND 92.
IN HILLY TERRAIN THERE ARE HUNDREDS OF LOW WATER CROSSINGS WHICH ARE
POTENTIALLY DANGEROUS IN HEAVY RAIN. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS
FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW INCHES OF
SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.
LAT...LON 4420 9354 4419 9394 4430 9399 4436 9396
4445 9393 4446 9406 4460 9412 4463 9333
4420 9330 4419 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 338DEG 29KT 4448 9376
JRBSPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
551 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
MNZ076-083-084-241145-
WASECA-LE SUEUR-BLUE EARTH-
551 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN BLUE EARTH...WASECA AND
SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 551 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER GREENLAND...OR 12
MILES EAST OF MANKATO...MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.
WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO...WASECA...EAGLE LAKE...JANESVILLE...WATERVILLE...NEW
RICHLAND...MADISON LAKE...ST. CLAIR...ELYSIAN...PEMBERTON...WALDORF
AND OTISCO.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 134 AND 164.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4386 9389 4423 9397 4428 9353 4420 9352
4419 9344 4398 9340 4385 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1051Z 347DEG 22KT 4420 9374
JRBPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
611 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN FRENCH LAKE 45.20N 94.19W
07/24/2015 M4.07 INCH WRIGHT MN MESONET
AUTOMATED CWOP RAIN GAUGE REPORTED 4.07" OF
PRECIP IN PAST 6 HOURS.
&&
MKMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
613 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0600 AM HEAVY RAIN PAYNESVILLE 45.38N 94.72W
07/24/2015 M3.45 INCH STEARNS MN AWOS
AWOS AT PAYNESVILLE AIRPORT REPORTED 3.45"
IN PAST 6 HOURS.
&&
MKMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
616 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0614 AM HEAVY RAIN 5 NW FOREST CITY 45.25N 94.55W
07/24/2015 M3.13 INCH MEEKER MN PUBLIC
3.13" OF RAINFALL REPORTED BY AUTOMATED RAIN
GAUGE ALONG NORTH FORK OF CROW RIVER NEAR
MANANNAH IN PAST 6 HOURS.
&&
MKMPRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
627 AM CDT FRI JUL 24 2015
...TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
...DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0620 AM HEAVY RAIN DASSEL 45.08N 94.31W
07/24/2015 M3.25 INCH MEEKER MN BROADCAST MEDIA
REPORT RELAYED BY WCCO TV
&&
MKMThe Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 36 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 11:29 UTC.
1 lightning. Local standard time, as filed.
A fire was caused by lightning in Rosemount the morning of July 24th. The fire burnt the exterior of a fourplex south side. The fire eventually worked its way inside the building, but firefighters were able to get the flames under control quickly.
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