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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 19, 2010, 10:19 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 71 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 19, 2010, 10:19 PM CDT (03:19 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 19, 2010, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 71 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 11:15 PM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Madison, MN | LARGE TREE LIMBS 6 TO 8 INCHES DIAMETER DOWN AT THE MADISON COUNTY GOLF COURSE. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 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
- 2082 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -211 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 595 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 234 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
315 WWUS83 KMPX 200319 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1019 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 MNZ054-064-200430- LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1019 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 AT 1011 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM BROOKINGS TO STONE BRIDGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CANBY. ST LEO. PROVIDENCE. DAWSON. BOYD. PORTER. BURR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. && LAT...LON 4525 9643 4467 9539 4463 9545 4463 9644 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 229DEG 46KT 4444 9677 $$ BAP
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 19, 6:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 19, 6:15 PM CDT, 4 hours 4 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION...UPDATED FOR 00Z TAFS NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 615 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 .DISCUSSION...ISSUED 226 PM CDT SHORTWAVE TROUGH OVER THE CENTRAL PLAINS...WILL INTERACT WITH SFC FRONTAL BOUNDARY DRAPED OVER SOUTHERN SOUTH DAKOTA...SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND SOUTHERN WISCONSIN. LOW AND MID LEVELS WIND FLOW EXPECTED TO INCREASE AHEAD OF THE SHORTWAVE TROUGH LATER THIS EVENING AND OVERNIGHT. SFC TROUGH WILL CONTINUE TO LAG BEHIND THE UPPER WAVE ON FRIDAY. THE ECMWF(EUROPEAN MODEL) HAS THE BEST HANDLE ON THE POSITION AND MOVEMENT OF THE TROUGH. PRECIP WATER VALUES INCREASE TO LITTLE OVER 2.00 INCH. CLOUDS WILL INHIBIT WHETHER WE SEE SOME DEEP CONVECTIVE ELEMENTS OVERNIGHT. IT LOOK LIKE IT WILL DEFINITELY RAIN OVER OUR FORECAST AREA TONIGHT. THE MAIN SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE SOME LARGE HAIL AND HEAVY RAINS. EXPECT SHRA/TSRA TO REDEVELOP DURING THE AFTERNOON/EVENING OVER THE FORECAST AREA ON FRIDAY. MOST UNSTABLE CAPE VALUES INCREASE TO 800-1200 J/KG WITH PRECIP WATER VALUES TO CLOSE 2.00 INCHES BY MID OR LATE AFTERNOON OVER THE EAST CENTRAL MN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. SECONDARY SHORTWAVE TROUGH...MUCH WEAKER THAN THE FIRST FORECAST TO MOVE EAST OF OUR FORECAST BY MIDNIGHT FRIDAY NIGHT...SO HAVE CUT BACK ON POPS AFTER 06Z/SATURDAY. DRY AND MILDER WEATHER PATTERN SETTING UP OVER THE UPPER MIDWEST OVER THE WEEKEND WITH THE UPPER RIDGE BUILDING OVER THE NATIONS MIDSECTION. THE NEXT CHANCE OF SHRA/TSRA IS NEXT MONDAY OR MONDAY NIGHT. && .AVIATION... /00Z TAF ISSUANCE/ MVFR CIGS HV PERSISTED ACRS CNTRL MN (AXN/STC) THRU THE AFTN AND SEE LITTLE CHC IMPRVMT AT LEAST NEXT 12 HRS. SCT -SHWRS WL CONT TO ARC ACRS S AND CNTL MN THRU EVE. CNVTN BGNGG TO FIRE AHD OF VIGOROUS SHRTWV APRCHG SW NEB. CNVTN SHUD CONT DVLPG ACRS NEB/SODAK NEXT FEW HRS IN WAA AND AND SUPPORT FM SHRTWV. XPCT THIS ACTIVITY TO SPREAD ACRS TAF SITES OVRNITE. PRBLY IFR AXN/STC OVRNITE IN LOW CIGS AND VSBY. KMSP...FEW -SHRA THRU THE EVE WITH TSTMS PSBL AFT 06Z AS SUPPORT BGNS TO ARRIVE FM SHRTWV NOW MVG INTO SW NEB. XPCT CIGS AND VSBYS TO OCNL LWR TO MVFR IN PCPN. CONDS IMPRVG LT FRI MRNG/ERLY AFTN AS SFC WNDS BCM SW. && .MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... MN...NONE. WI...NONE. && JM/BAP
Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 19, 11:22 AM CDT, 10 hours 57 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1122 AM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 200915- 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- 1122 AM CDT THU AUG 19 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 LATER TODAY AND TONIGHT. THE PRIME TIME FOR ANY SEVERE STORMS WILL BE LATER THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND HEAVY RAIN ARE LIKELY WITH A FEW OF THE STRONGER STORMS. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ON FRIDAY ACROSS EAST CENTRAL AND SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AS A COLD FRONT MOVES THROUGH. DAMAGING WINDS...LARGE HAIL AND LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AGAIN ON FRIDAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 19, 10:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1019 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 MNZ054-064-200430- LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- 1019 PM CDT THU AUG 19 2010 AT 1011 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS IN EASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA FROM BROOKINGS TO STONE BRIDGE. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT NEAR 50 MPH. WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... CANBY. ST LEO. PROVIDENCE. DAWSON. BOYD. PORTER. BURR. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... TAKE SHELTER IF THUNDERSTORMS APPROACH. && LAT...LON 4525 9643 4467 9539 4463 9545 4463 9644 TIME...MOT...LOC 0315Z 229DEG 46KT 4444 9677 BAP
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 19, 10:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Aug 19, 11:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 45 min |
| Aug 19, 11:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 48 min |
| Aug 19, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Renville, Stevens, Swift | 59 min |
| Aug 20, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 41 min |
| Aug 20, 1:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns | 51 min |
| Aug 20, 1:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Aug 20, 2:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti | 58 min |
| Aug 20, 2:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 35 min |
| Aug 20, 5:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 48 min |
| Aug 20, 3:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Polk, Rusk | 52 min |
| Aug 20, 3:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 55 min |
| Aug 20, 6:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Rusk | 49 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.