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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 17, 2010, 1:08 PM CDT for Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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
- Jul 17, 2010, 1:08 PM CDT (18:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 17, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Swift County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 189 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.1 hours before the alert went out and 187 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 368 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -101 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1285 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 31 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 119 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 Jul 17, 12:47 PM CDT, 21 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 12:47 PM CDT, 21 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 17, 11:44 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK...UPDATED NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1144 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 180915- 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- 1144 AM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THE ENTIRE AREA REMAINS UNDER A MODERATE RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP IN WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS AFTERNOON...WITH SOME OF THESE STORMS LIKELY BECOMING SEVERE. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO BECOME MORE WIDESPREAD ACROSS THE AREA THIS EVENING. INITIALLY THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BE LARGE HAIL WITH A FEW TORNADOES POSSIBLE. DURING THE EVENING AND INTO THE OVERNIGHT THE PRIMARY THREAT WILL BECOME DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAINFALL. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY THE WEEK AHEAD LOOKS LIKE A CONTINUATION OF AN ACTIVE WEATHER PATTERN WITH THUNDERSTORMS ALREADY RETURNING BY MONDAY. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED THIS AFTERNOON AND INTO TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 17, 12:15 PM CDT, 53 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1215 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
MNZ047>049-055>057-171815-
CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-POPE-STEARNS-STEVENS-SWIFT-
1215 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
AT 1213 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NORTH OF ORTONVILLE...OR 6 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHOKIO.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.
PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CHOKIO.
ALBERTA.
HANCOCK.
CLONTARF.
BENSON.
LAT...LON 4537 9488 4494 9495 4536 9614 4540 9614
4541 9624 4562 9627
TIME...MOT...LOC 1714Z 285DEG 28KT 4553 9628Special weather statement, Jul 17, 1:08 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
108 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
MNZ047-055-056-171900-
CHIPPEWA-STEVENS-SWIFT-
108 PM CDT SAT JUL 17 2010
AT 106 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES EAST OF ARTICHOKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
DANVERS.
BENSON.
DE GRAFF.
LAT...LON 4555 9608 4548 9574 4541 9574 4541 9546
4539 9531 4509 9556 4536 9614 4540 9614
4540 9619
TIME...MOT...LOC 1808Z 299DEG 23KT 4541 9600The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 12:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Swift | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 1:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 44 min |
| Jul 17, 1:39 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 51 min |
| Jul 17, 1:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 17, 1:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 40 min |
| Jul 17, 2:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 42 min |
| Jul 17, 2:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Stearns | 34 min |
| Jul 17, 3:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 3:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 4:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Meeker, Wright | 26 min |
| Jul 17, 4:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 60 min |
| Jul 17, 4:58 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 47 min |
| Jul 17, 5:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 65 min |
| Jul 17, 5:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 46 min |
| Jul 17, 5:49 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 41 min |
| Jul 17, 6:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 63 min |
| Jul 17, 6:25 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Mille Lacs, Morrison | 50 min |
| Jul 17, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 62 min |
| Jul 17, 6:54 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 min |
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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.