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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2009Rusk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2009, 4:57 AM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 63 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2009, 4:57 AM CDT (09:57 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2009, 6:00 AM CDT
In force
63 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Rusk County, WI

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 172 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 09:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 217 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2009-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1331 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2009-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 54 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
1331 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-51 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1216 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
52 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
54 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
93 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.3
Supercell composite
2.7

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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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 19, 4:04 AM CDT, 53 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 19, 4:04 AM CDT, 53 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 19, 4:34 AM CDT, 23 minutes before
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In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 18, 11:43 PM CDT, 5 hours 14 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1143 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

MNZ047>049-055-057-190545-
KANDIYOHI-POPE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-
1143 PM CDT THU JUN 18 2009

AT 1141 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES SOUTH OF HANCOCK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
40 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HANCOCK.
  CLONTARF.
  STARBUCK.
  SWIFT FALLS.
  GILCHRIST.
  SEDAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 4571 9494 4538 9492 4533 9592 4556 9591
TIME...MOT...LOC 0443Z 260DEG 33KT 4543 9577
Special weather statement, Jun 19, 1:45 AM CDT, 3 hours 12 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Jun 19, 4:57 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 7:03 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas57 min
Jun 18, 7:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison43 min
Jun 18, 7:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd42 min
Jun 18, 8:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd51 min
Jun 18, 8:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle47 min
Jun 18, 8:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns38 min
Jun 18, 8:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns54 min
Jun 18, 8:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison48 min
Jun 18, 9:43 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSherburne, Stearns, Wright47 min
Jun 18, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope62 min
Jun 19, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns45 min
Jun 19, 1:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton30 min
Jun 19, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope66 min
Jun 19, 4:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope38 min
Jun 19, 4:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope61 min
Jun 19, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns55 min
Jun 19, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker, Wright54 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Wright38 min
Jun 19, 6:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Wright21 min
Jun 19, 6:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk40 min

Nearby

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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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.