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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 13, 2010, 1:05 PM CDT for Isanti County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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 13, 2010, 1:05 PM CDT (18:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 13, 2010, 1:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Isanti County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 83 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:05 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 84 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
- 112 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -488 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 959 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 51 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 177 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 206 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.7
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Aug 13, 12:13 PM CDT, 52 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 13, 12:13 PM CDT, 52 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1158 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 141700- 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- 1158 AM CDT FRI AUG 13 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT A LOW PRESSURE TROUGH WILL BE MOVING INTO MINNESOTA TODAY WITH MORE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS POSSIBLE. THE MAIN RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY TONIGHT... MAINLY BETWEEN 3 PM AND 10 PM. AREAS WHICH HAVE A POTENTIAL TO SEE SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE PRIMARILY SOUTH AND EAST OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT THROUGH THE SOUTHERN TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO LADYSMITH... WITH THE GREATEST RISK SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MANKATO THROUGH RED WING TO EAU CLAIRE. AN ISOLATED TORNADO IS POSSIBLE... MAINLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM FAIRMONT TO FARIBAULT... BUT THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM STORMS WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN. THE HEAVY RAIN COULD EXACERBATE CURRENT HIGH WATER CONDITIONS AND LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING... PARTICULARLY ALONG AND SOUTH OF A LINE FROM NEW ULM THROUGH THE TWIN CITIES METRO AREA TO CHIPPEWA FALLS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON... BUT SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE AGAIN ON TUESDAY NIGHT... AND FROM THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY... ALTHOUGH NO ORGANIZED SEVERE WEATHER EVENTS APPEAR LIKELY AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING OVER PARTS OF SOUTH CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.
In the hours before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 12, 7:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Swift | 43 min |
| Aug 12, 7:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 65 min |
| Aug 12, 7:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 40 min |
| Aug 12, 7:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Sibley and 1 more | 50 min |
| Aug 12, 7:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 24 min |
| Aug 12, 7:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 47 min |
| Aug 12, 7:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Ramsey | 37 min |
| Aug 12, 8:14 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 25 min |
| Aug 12, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 62 min |
| Aug 12, 8:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 46 min |
| Aug 12, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 60 min |
| Aug 12, 10:57 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Brown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Meeker, Nicollet and 8 more | 6 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 57 min |
| Aug 12, 11:25 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 3 hr |
| Aug 12, 11:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 47 min |
| Aug 13, 12:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 12:13 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 12:28 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville | 62 min |
| Aug 13, 12:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 3 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 1:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Scott, Sibley | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 1:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Rice, Washington | 70 min |
| Aug 13, 1:56 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Rice, Sibley, Steele and 1 more | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 2:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 2:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 3:14 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Steele | 61 min |
| Aug 13, 3:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 3:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 3:55 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 18 min |
| Aug 13, 4:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Washington | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 4:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, McLeod, Ramsey and 4 more | 64 min |
| Aug 13, 4:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 67 min |
| Aug 13, 5:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 5:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 50 min |
| Aug 13, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 53 min |
| Aug 13, 1:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 2:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Chisago | 17 min |
| Aug 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Todd and 1 more | 65 min |
| Aug 13, 2:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Nicollet, Sibley | 23 min |
| Aug 13, 2:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley, Wright | 52 min |
| Aug 13, 3:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 59 min |
| Aug 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison and 1 more | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 4:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sherburne, Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 13, 4:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod, Sherburne, Wright | 39 min |
| Aug 13, 5:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Waseca | 56 min |
| Aug 13, 5:36 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 54 min |
| Aug 13, 5:40 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 6 hr |
| Aug 13, 6:13 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota | 66 min |
| Aug 12, 10:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 54 min |
| Aug 12, 10:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 55 min |
| Aug 12, 11:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 63 min |
| Aug 13, 4:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 57 min |
| Aug 13, 4:54 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 3 hr |
| Aug 13, 5:54 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 66 min |
| Aug 13, 9:46 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Buffalo, Pepin | 4 days |
| Aug 13, 4:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 29 min |
| Aug 13, 4:50 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix | 55 min |
| Aug 13, 6:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Dunn, Pierce, Rusk, Saint Croix | 53 min |
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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.