Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
617 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

.DISCUSSION...
THINGS WILL BE BRIEF TODAY... BUT SINCE LITTLE HAS CHANGED AND
THIS PERSISTENT PATTERN LOOKS TO ESSENTIALLY REMAIN IN PLACE
THROUGH THE WEEK... WOULDN/T HAVE MUCH EARTH SHATTERING NEW
INFORMATION TO SHARE ANYWAY. LATEST VISIBLE SATELLITE AND RADAR
IMAGERY SHOW TWO AREAS OF CONVECTION IMPACTING THE AREA AT THE
CURRENT TIME... OVER WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN AND FAR WEST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA. A BOUNDARY LAID DOWN BY THE CONVECTION OVER THE EASTERN
CWFA EXTENDS BACK WEST TO THE DAKOTAS... AND A NEW SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM WATCH IS LOCATED FROM NEAR THIS BOUNDARY SOUTHWARD.
SUBSTANTIAL INSTABILITY WITH MLCAPE AOA 3000 J/KG CHARACTERIZES
THE AIRMASS IN THIS AREA... WITH MINIMAL CIN. 0-6KM SHEAR VALUES
ARE GENERALLY IN THE 30-40KT RANGE... WITH EFFECTIVE SHEAR RUNNING
A BIT HIGHER GIVEN THE DEPTH OF THE STORMS. THIS DEEP LAYER SHEAR
LOOKS TO BE SUFFICIENT FOR MID-LEVEL ROTATION GIVEN RADAR
SIGNATURES WE HAVE SEEN. LOW LEVEL ROTATION WILL BE MOST FAVORED
NEAR THE BOUNDARY WHERE 0-1KM SHEAR IS AOA 15KT... BUT AS ONE
MOVES SOUTH IT DECLINES QUICKLY. SO... ALTHOUGH A TORNADO CANNOT
BE RULED OUT... PARTICULARLY WITH LCL HEIGHTS GENERALLY RUNNING
AOB 1000M AND THE AFOREMENTIONED ENHANCED LOW LEVEL SHEAR NEAR THE
BOUNDARY... IT SHOULD NOT BE THE PREDOMINANT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
THIS AFTERNOON INTO THIS EVENING. LARGE HAIL... LOCAL
DOWNBURSTS... AND HEAVY RAIN MAY BE THE MAIN ISSUES... ALTHOUGH
IF/WHEN STORMS ORGANIZE INTO CLUSTERS/LINES THEN MORE WIDESPREAD
DAMAGING WINDS COULD BE AN ISSUE. MESOSCALE FORCING WITH THE
EXISTING OUTFLOW BOUNDARY AND OTHER SUBTLE FEATURES WILL BE THE
MAIN INITIATORS THROUGH MID AFTERNOON... THEN THE UPSTREAM FRONTAL
BOUNDARY SHOULD ALLOW FOR SOMEWHAT MORE WIDESPREAD DEVELOPMENT
FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST AS WE HEAD INTO THE EVENING HOURS.

AS MENTIONED... THE OVERALL FORECAST THINKING HAS NOT CHANGED
MUCH... SO THE FORECAST HAS CHANGED LITTLE FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE PERIOD FROM TONIGHT THROUGH THE NEXT SYSTEM OF NOTE WHICH
IMPACTS THE REGION MONDAY INTO TUESDAY. THIS AFTERNOON/S FRONTAL
BOUNDARY WILL PUSH SOUTHEAST TONIGHT... TAKING MOST OF THE
ACTIVITY IN THAT DIRECTION AS IT SEES A DIURNAL WEAKENING INTO THE
OVERNIGHT HOURS SINCE THERE DOES NOT APPEAR TO BE A SIGNIFICANT
LOW LEVEL JET RESPONSE OVERNIGHT TO KEEP MUCH GOING. WEAK HIGH
PRESSURE TRIES TO SETTLE INTO THE AREA SUNDAY... BUT THE OLD
FRONTAL BOUNDARY AND ASSOCIATED BAROCLINIC ZONE WILL LINGER OVER
THE CENTRAL/SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE AREA... SO SOME STORMS WILL BE
POSSIBLE SUNDAY INTO SUNDAY EVENING... ALTHOUGH COVERAGE SHOULD BE
LIMITED GIVEN THE LIMITED FORCING. RETURN FLOW WILL BRING CHANCES
FOR SHRA/TSRA BACK NORTH MONDAY INTO MONDAY EVENING... THEN THE
NEXT COLD FRONTAL BOUNDARY LOOKS TO SWING THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT
INTO EARLY TUESDAY. SOME OF THE MORE RECENT GUIDANCE SEEMS TO
FAVOR THINGS EVEN FARTHER NORTH WITH THIS SYSTEM THAN PREVIOUSLY
INDICATED... BUT FOR NOW WILL KEEP LIKELY POPS OVER A GOOD PART OF
THE AREA. SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE A POSSIBILITY ONCE AGAIN GIVEN
PLENTY OF INSTABILITY WHICH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE ALONG WITH
ENHANCED SHEAR AHEAD OF THE FRONT AND APPROACHING UPPER WAVE. WE
THEN LOOK TO REPEAT THE CYCLE AGAIN... WITH HIGH PRESSURE SETTLING
INTO THE AREA TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY AND POTENTIALLY INTO
THURSDAY. THE SUBSIDENCE IN THE WAKE OF TUESDAY/S SYSTEM LOOKS
MORE ROBUST THAN WITH TODAY/S FEATURE... AND THE BAROCLINIC ZONE
LOOKS LIKE IT WILL BE SHOVED SUFFICIENTLY FAR SOUTH TO KEEP MOST
OF THE AREA POP-FREE FROM TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT.
FOR NOW... KEPT SOME CHANCE POPS IN THE FORECAST FOR THURSDAY AS
WARM ADVECTION TRIES TO SET BACK UP OVER THE AREA... ALTHOUGH SOME
OF THE NEWER GUIDANCE SUGGESTS THINGS WON/T FOCUS VERY WELL OVER
OUR AREA AS SOME RIDGING TRIES TO HOLD ON... WITH THE MAIN WARM
ADVECTION PCPN CHANCES STAYING TO OUR NORTHWEST AND WEST. GIVEN
THE UNCERTAINTY AND TIMING DIFFERENCES... DECIDED TO KEEP THINGS
DRY AFTER THURSDAY EXCEPT OVER THE WEST... WHERE SOME POPS ARE
INTRODUCED BY SATURDAY.

&&

.AVIATION.../00Z TAF ISSUANCE/

MAIN FORECAST CONCERN DEALS WITH ONGOING CONVECTION ACROSS CENTRAL
MN OVER THE NEXT 6 HRS.

LINE OF BROKEN CONVECTION HAS DEVELOPED ACROSS THE NORTHERN
FA...WITH EMBEDDED SVR WX AS OF 22-23Z. BASED ON THE TRAJECTORY
AND OVERALL MOVEMENT OVER THE NEXT FEW HRS...STC WILL SEE VCTS BY
1Z...WITH RNH/MSP/RWF ARND 3-4Z...WITH EAU AFT 4Z. ALTHOUGH THERE
WILL BE BRIEF PERIODS OF IFR VSBYS AND MVFR CEILINGS NEAR
TSRA...WOULD LIKE TO SEE HOW THE CONVECTION DEVELOPS OVER THE NEXT
HR AND IF IT CAN CONGEAL INTO A MORE SOLID LINE BEFORE ANY TYPE OF
TEMPORARY PERIOD OF THESE IFR/MVFR CONDITIONS DEVELOP.
ANYWAY...ONLY STC WILL LIKELY SEE ANY IMPACT DURING THE MAIN
EVENING AIR TRAFFIC. THERE IS ANOTHER PROBLEM TOWARD SUNRISE AS
BOUNDARY LAYER MOISTURE REMAINS HIGH AND WNDS BECOME LIGHT.
DEPENDING UPON THE AMT OF SKY COVER...AREAS OF BR/FG COULD
DEVELOP. HAVE INTRODUCE 3-5SM IN BR AT THE TYPICAL AIRPORTS THAT
HAVE PROBLEMS. WNDS WILL SLOWLY BECOME MORE NW AT AXN...WITH A
GENERAL W TO SW FLOW OVERNIGHT...THEN MORE S/SE FLOW ON SUNDAY.

MSP...KEPT MOST OF THE ACTIVE WX AT BAY UNTIL AFT 3Z...WITH VCTS.
THIS COULD BE UPGRADED TO A PREDOMINATE P6SM TSRA WITH TEMPORARY
CONDITIONS OF 5SM TSRA BKN035CB IS NEEDED. THE MOST LIKELY TIME
PERIOD OF MVFR/IFR CONDITIONS WILL OCCUR BETWEEN 3-4Z...WITH VSCH
AS EARLY AS 230Z. WNDS WILL BE GENERALLY FROM THE SW THIS
EVENING...MORE W/SW OVERNIGHT...WITH MORE SW SUNDAY AFTN. ..JLT..

&&

.MPX WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MN...NONE.
WI...NONE.
&&

TRH/JLT

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1050 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
311600-
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-
1050 AM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

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 ACROSS THE ENTIRE
OUTLOOK AREA...WITH THE MAIN THREAT PERIOD BEING LATE THIS
AFTERNOON INTO TONIGHT. SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL OCCUR ACROSS
CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND PORTIONS OF WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THROUGH
EARLY AFTERNOON... MAINLY NORTH OF A LINE FROM BENSON TO SAINT
CLOUD TO LADYSMITH. A FEW OF THESE MAY REACH SEVERE LIMITS WITH
QUARTER SIZE HAIL. DURING THE LATE AFTERNOON AND EVENING
HOURS...SCATTERED STORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP ACROSS CENTRAL
MINNESOTA AND EVOLVE GRADUALLY SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE EVENING AND
POSSIBLY INTO THE OVERNIGHT. LARGE HAIL AND SCATTERED STRONG WINDS
WOULD BE THE PRIMARY THREATS FROM ANY STORMS THAT DO REACH SEVERE
LIMITS. THERE IS A SMALL CHANCE FOR A TORNADO OR TWO IN CENTRAL
MINNESOTA LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY THIS EVENING...GENERALLY
ALONG AND NORTH OF A MONTEVIDEO TO CAMBRIDGE LINE. IN
ADDITION...TEMPORARY HEAVY RAINFALL RATES COULD LEAD TO SOME
LOCALIZED FLOODING ISSUES DUE TO RECENT WET CONDITIONS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS PARTS OF THE OUTLOOK
AREA ON SUNDAY. A FEW STRONG STORMS ARE POSSIBLE.

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE OUTLOOK
AREA ON MONDAY AFTERNOON AND NIGHT WITH THE APPROACH AND PASSAGE
OF A FRONT.

THERE ARE CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS TUESDAY...AND THEN AGAIN
WEDNESDAY NIGHT AND THURSDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED... MAINLY LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING ACROSS CENTRAL AND EASTERN MINNESOTA AND
WESTERN WISCONSIN.

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
829 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

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

0819 PM     TSTM WND GST     MILACA                  45.76N 93.65W
07/30/2011  M60 MPH          MILLE LACS         MN   MESONET

&&

DEVINNY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
832 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

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

0814 PM     TSTM WND GST     MILACA                  45.76N 93.65W
07/30/2011  M53 MPH          MILLE LACS         MN   MESONET

&&

DEVINNY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
835 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

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

0830 PM     HAIL             SAUK CENTRE             45.74N 94.96W
07/30/2011  M1.00 INCH       STEARNS            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DEVINNY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
844 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

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

0842 PM     HAIL             4 SE BOCK               45.75N 93.50W
07/30/2011  M1.25 INCH       KANABEC            MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DEVINNY

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
853 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

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

0850 PM     FUNNEL CLOUD     8 W CAMBRIDGE           45.56N 93.39W
07/30/2011                   ISANTI             MN   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

DEVINNY

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
948 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

MNZ057>059-065-066-068-310330-
CARVER-KANDIYOHI-MCLEOD-MEEKER-RENVILLE-WRIGHT-
948 PM CDT SAT JUL 30 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CARVER...KANDIYOHI...MCLEOD...
MEEKER...RENVILLE AND WRIGHT COUNTIES THROUGH 1030 PM CDT...

AT 944 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NORTH OF DASSEL TO
LITCHFIELD TO JUST NORTHWEST OF GROVE CITY. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  LITCHFIELD.
  DASSEL.
  COKATO.
  STROUT.
  WINSTED.
  SILVER LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THESE THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 4484 9395 4479 9423 4486 9456 4518 9483
      4519 9451 4518 9419
TIME...MOT...LOC 0247Z 333DEG 30KT 4516 9427 4513 9448
          4517 9473