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UPDATE: Tornado Watch Lifted for Hudson Area
A tornado warning was issued 2:55 p.m. and expired at 3:30 p.m., but the area remained under a tornado watch until after 5 p.m.
UPDATE (6:13 p.m., May 22, 2011): The National Weather Service has lifted the tornado watch for the Hudson area.
This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
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UPDATE (3:30 p.m., May 22, 2011): A tornado warning was issued 2:55 p.m. and expired at 3:30 p.m., but the area is still under a tornado watch until 8 p.m.
Tornados have produced property damage in Fridley, St. Louis Park and other areas in the Minneapolis-St. Paul metro area.
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This post will be updated as new information becomes available.
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UPDATE (2:59 p.m., May 22, 2011): The National Weather Service has issued a tornado warning for St. Croix County until 3:30 p.m. Plum City, Elmwood, Spring Valley and Weston are in the path, but the warning has been extended to all of St. Croix County:
TORNADO WARNING
WIC033-093-109-222030-
/O.NEW.KMPX.TO.W.0018.110522T1955Z-110522T2030Z/
BULLETIN - EAS ACTIVATION REQUESTED
TORNADO WARNING
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
255 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011
THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN THE TWIN CITIES HAS ISSUED A
* TORNADO WARNING FOR...
SOUTHEASTERN ST. CROIX COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
SOUTHWESTERN DUNN COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
EASTERN PIERCE COUNTY IN WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...
* UNTIL 330 PM CDT
* AT 251 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED A STORM CAPABLE OF PRODUCING A TORNADO. THE MOST DANGEROUS PART OF THE STORM WAS NEAR MAIDEN ROCK...AND MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN THE WARNING INCLUDE...
PLUM CITY...
ELMWOOD...
SPRING VALLEY...
WESTON...
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
WHEN A TORNADO WARNING IS ISSUED BASED ON RADAR...
IT MEANS THAT STRONG ROTATION HAS BEEN DETECTED IN THE STORM. A TORNADO MAY ALREADY BE ON THE GROUND...
OR IS EXPECTED TO DEVELOP SHORTLY.
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT SUNDAY EVENING FOR SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA AND NORTHWESTERN WISCONSIN.
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LAT...LON 4468 9212 4468 9213 4466 9213 4454 9221 4457 9246 4491 9232 4483 9201 TIME...MOT...LOC 1955Z 203DEG 31KT 4461 9231
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A tornado watch is in effect for the Hudson area until 8 p.m.
St. Croix County joins several other counties in the watch, according to the National Weather Service.
The NWS says dime-size hail is possible.
Should severe weather hit the area, the NWS advises residents to find space in a lower level of your home and away from windows.
According to the National Weather Service:
TORNADO WATCH OUTLINE UPDATE FOR WT 322
NWS STORM PREDICTION CENTER NORMAN OK
1210 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011TORNADO WATCH 322 IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 800 PM CDT FOR THE FOLLOWING LOCATIONS
WIC001-005-011-017-019-023-033-035-043-053-057-063-081-091-093- 095-103-107-109-119-121-123-230100- /O.NEW.KWNS.TO.A.0322.110522T1710Z-110523T0100Z/
WI .
WISCONSIN COUNTIES INCLUDED ARE
ADAMS
BARRON
BUFFALO
CHIPPEWA
CLARK
CRAWFORD
DUNN
EAU CLAIRE
GRANT
JACKSON
JUNEAU
LA CROSSE
MONROE
PEPIN
PIERCE
POLK
RICHLAND
RUSK
ST. CROIX
TAYLOR
TREMPEALEAU
VERNON
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ATTN...WFO...ARX...MPX...
The National Weather Service also issued the following alert:
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1205 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011MNZ063-WIZ014-015-023>026-221745-
BARRON-DUNN-PEPIN-PIERCE-POLK-ST. CROIX-WASHINGTON-
1205 PM CDT SUN MAY 22 2011...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER BARRON...DUNN...PEPIN...PIERCE... POLK...ST. CROIX AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 PM CDT...
AT 1201 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUGO TO HAMMOND TO SPRING VALLEY TO 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF STOCKHOLM. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 55 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
BOARDMAN.
SCANDIA.
OTISVILLE.
OSCEOLA.
DRESSER.
CENTURIA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.
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LAT...LON 4520 9167 4483 9165 4458 9196 4458 9203
4451 9204 4442 9215 4443 9219 4480 9227
4493 9246 4514 9303 4530 9282 4533 9269
4545 9264 4574 9228 4570 9215 4565 9215
4565 9201 4553 9170 4542 9153 4522 9155
TIME...MOT...LOC 1705Z 221DEG 48KT 4516 9283 4500 9237
4487 9218 4455 9214
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