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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 10, 2010Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 10, 2010, 1:16 PM CDT for Brown County, Redwood County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 10, 2010, 1:16 PM CDT (18:16 UTC)
Expired: Aug 10, 2010, 2:00 PM CDT
In force: 44 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Brown County, MN, Redwood County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 138 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 136 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 1574 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -34 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 785 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 15 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: -10 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 0 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.0

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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 Aug 10, 12:54 PM CDT, 22 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 10, 12:54 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 10, 12:00 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1200 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
111700-
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-
1200 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA TODAY AND TONIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS ARE THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS. IN ADDITION...ISOLATED TORNADOES ARE POSSIBLE...
ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL AREAS OF MINNESOTA INTO
EARLY THIS EVENING. TORRENTIAL DOWNPOURS WILL LIKELY ACCOMPANY THE
STORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT WITH RAINFALL RATES UP TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...WEDNESDAY THROUGH MONDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE EAST OF I-35 ON WEDNESDAY. SEVERE
WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED... BUT HEAVY RAIN WILL REMAIN A POTENTIAL
THREAT. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA
THURSDAY NIGHT INTO SATURDAY... THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY. THERE IS A
SLIGHT RISK THAT THE STORMS THURSDAY NIGHT AND FRIDAY COULD BE
SEVERE... ALTHOUGH IT IS TOO SOON TO PINPOINT THE LOCATIONS AND
SPECIFIC TIME FRAME WHEN SEVERE WEATHER IS MOST LIKELY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 10, 10:28 AM CDT, 2 hours 48 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1028 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1025 AM     HEAVY RAIN       MONTGOMERY              44.44N 93.58W
08/10/2010  M1.69 INCH       LE SUEUR           MN   CO-OP OBSERVER

            RAINFALL SINCE 8 AM.

&&

KME

Local storm report, Aug 10, 11:24 AM CDT, 1 hour 52 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1124 AM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

1117 AM     HEAVY RAIN       1 W LITTLE CANADA       45.02N 93.10W
08/10/2010  M1.50 INCH       RAMSEY             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

            PCPN FELL IN LESS THAN ONE HOUR.

&&

KME

Special weather statement, Aug 10, 1:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
116 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

MNZ073-074-101900-
BROWN-REDWOOD-
116 PM CDT TUE AUG 10 2010

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO BROWN AND REDWOOD COUNTIES THROUGH 200
PM CDT...

AT 115 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES NORTHEAST OF DOVRAY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH DIME SIZE
HAIL.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  WALNUT GROVE.
  REVERE.
  LAMBERTON.
  LUCAN.
  WANDA.
  WABASSO.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4463 9527 4413 9438 4411 9454 4410 9510
      4419 9512 4419 9559 4420 9561
TIME...MOT...LOC 1816Z 229DEG 30KT 4410 9549

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 10, 7:33 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn, Martin	3 hr
Aug 10, 9:38 AM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more	3 hr
Aug 10, 2:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Nicollet, Redwood, Renville	42 min
Aug 10, 2:10 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Martin	65 min
Aug 10, 3:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	54 min
Aug 10, 3:57 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne, Wright	48 min
Aug 10, 4:13 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin and 9 more	3 hr
Aug 10, 4:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	45 min
Aug 10, 4:50 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs	55 min
Aug 10, 4:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti	32 min
Aug 10, 5:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	41 min
Aug 10, 6:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	42 min
Aug 10, 6:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chisago	65 min
Aug 10, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	51 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2010 Every special weather statement in 2010

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.