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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 7, 2009Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 7, 2009, 11:04 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
Aug 7, 2009, 11:04 PM CDT (04:04 UTC)
Expired
Aug 7, 2009, 11:30 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.1 hours before the alert went out and 86 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 2009-08-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2009-08-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 183 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
517 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
43 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
183 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
341 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

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

000 
WWUS83 KMPX 080404
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1104 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2009

MNZ065>067-080430-
MCLEOD-RENVILLE-SIBLEY-
1104 PM CDT FRI AUG 7 2009

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER MCLEOD...RENVILLE AND
SIBLEY COUNTIES THROUGH 1130 PM CDT...

AT 1103 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HECTOR. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HECTOR.
  BUFFALO LAKE.
  LAKESIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9478 4489 9449 4473 9450 4457 9464
      4466 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 0404Z 213DEG 22KT 4466 9477

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 7, 10:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley51 min
Aug 8, 12:24 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 3 more3 hr
Aug 8, 12:28 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 3 more3 hr
Aug 8, 1:01 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington4 hr
Aug 8, 1:48 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Dakota, Scott, Washington4 hr
Aug 8, 4:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXAnoka, Carver, Chippewa, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 14 more19 hr
Aug 8, 4:11 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright38 min
Aug 8, 4:19 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Carver, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn and 14 more14 hr
Aug 8, 5:02 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright3 hr
Aug 8, 5:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton61 min
Aug 8, 8:06 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville39 min
Aug 8, 9:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey43 min
Aug 8, 9:43 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Wright3 hr
Aug 8, 3:46 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood28 min
Aug 8, 2:03 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce4 hr
Aug 8, 8:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk49 min
Aug 8, 8:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPolk, Saint Croix38 min
Aug 8, 9:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron40 min
Aug 8, 10:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa42 min
Aug 8, 10:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix57 min
Aug 8, 10:59 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Saint Croix46 min
Aug 8, 11:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa47 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.