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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 22, 2010, 3:16 PM CDT for Faribault County, Freeborn County, Steele 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
- Sep 22, 2010, 3:16 PM CDT (20:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2010, 4:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 114 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.3 hours before the alert went out and 114 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1121 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 52 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
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 Sep 22, 12:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 12:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 3 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 502 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 231015- 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- 502 AM CDT WED SEP 22 2010 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS FOR LATE THIS AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT FOR LOCATIONS ALONG AND SOUTHWEST OF AN EAU CLAIRE...TO ST. CLOUD...TO ALEXANDRIA LINE. THE PRIMARY THREATS WITH THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FROM LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...THOUGH THERE IS THE CHANCE FOR AN ISOLATED TORNADO IN SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EARLY EVENING. IN ADDITION TO THE SEVERE THREAT...VERY HEAVY RAIN IS EXPECTED TO FALL ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THAT WILL POSE A THREAT FOR FLOODING. THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE SPREADING ACROSS THE ENTIRE OUTLOOK AREA AHEAD OF A WARM FRONT THAT WILL BE LIFTING NORTH ACROSS IOWA TODAY AND WILL BE SETTLING INTO MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN TONIGHT. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO THURSDAY AS A STRONG AREA OF LOW PRESSURE MOVES INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THIS LOW WILL SEND A COLD FRONT ACROSS THE AREA THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT. THIS WILL CONTINUE THE HEAVY RAIN AND FLOOD THREAT FOR CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. IN ADDITION...A FEW SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE AHEAD OF THE COLD FRONT THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL AND EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE HIGHEST LIKELIHOOD FOR SEVERE WEATHER ACROSS SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THE PRIMARY THREAT FROM THIS ACTIVITY WILL BE FROM DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS. HEAVY RAINFALL EXPECTED FROM TODAY THROUGH THURSDAY NIGHT WILL LEAD RISES ON MANY LOCAL STREAMS AND RIVERS. THIS MAY RESULT IN SEVERAL RIVERS REACHING OR EXCEEDING FLOOD STAGE...ESPECIALLY ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...FROM LATER THIS WEEK INTO NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON ACROSS WEST CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND ACROSS THE REST OF THE OUTLOOK AREA INTO TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 22, 3:16 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
316 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010
MNZ084-085-092-093-222100-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-STEELE-WASECA-
316 PM CDT WED SEP 22 2010
...STRONG HEAVY RAIN PRODUCING THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER
FARIBAULT...FREEBORN...STEELE AND WASECA COUNTIES THROUGH 400 PM
CDT...
AT 315 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES NORTHWEST OF BRUSH CREEK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 35 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...WINDS UP TO 45 MPH...AND VERY HEAVY RAINFALL
ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
EASTON.
WELLS.
WALDORF.
FREEBORN.
OTISCO.
HARTLAND.
ALBERT LEA.
OWATONNA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF ONE HALF TO ONE AND A HALF INCHES ARE PROBABLE
FROM THE THUNDERSTORM BY 430 PM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF
PROBLEMS AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
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LAT...LON 4385 9405 4385 9378 4393 9377 4409 9319
4361 9314 4359 9397
TIME...MOT...LOC 2015Z 257DEG 31KT 4375 9383The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 22, 4:00 AM CDT | Flood Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more | 46 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 20 days |
| Sep 22, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Redwood | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 52 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 21 min |
| Sep 22, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Carver, Scott | 45 hr |
| Sep 22, 11:50 AM CDT | River Flood Watch | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Scott | 45 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:30 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Martin | 9 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:37 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Steele, Waseca, Watonwan | 8 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Redwood, Rice | 6 hr |
| Sep 22, 6:44 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 61 min |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 5 days |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 4 days |
| Sep 22, 11:18 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Buffalo, Pepin | 7 days |
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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.