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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2011, 7:24 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 36 min. 3 reports 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 2, 2011, 7:24 AM CDT (12:24 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2011, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Carver County, MN, Isanti County, MN, McLeod County, MN, Sherburne County, MN, Sibley County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 69 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:24 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 2, 7:35 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 59 | 3 S Litchfield, MN | LITCHFIELD RAWS |
| Aug 2, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 2 Nw Howard Lake, MN | LARGE TREE BLOCKING COUNTY ROAD 5. |
| Aug 2, 8:08 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 N St Francis, MN | 12 INCH BRANCHES DOWN. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 69 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
- 2133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -209 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 850 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 29 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 233 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 194 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
612
WWUS83 KMPX 021224
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
724 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
MNZ043>045-049>053-058>061-065>068-075-021300-
ANOKA-BENTON-CARVER-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ISANTI-KANABEC-MCLEOD-MEEKER-
MILLE
LACS-MORRISON-NICOLLET-RENVILLE-SHERBURNE-SIBLEY-STEARNS-WRIGHT-
724 AM CDT TUE AUG 2 2011
...STRONG WINDS AND THUNDERSTORMS MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...
AT 715 AM CDT...STRONG WINDS AND A FEW STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE
MOVING ACROSS CENTRAL...AND INTO EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. THERE WERE
STRONG WINDS UP TO 50 MPH OUT AHEAD OF THE THUNDERSTORMS AS WELL.
SOME OF THE STRONGER WINDS WILL LIKELY AFFECT ST
CLOUD...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD...ANNANDALE...WATERTOWN...AND THE
WESTERN SECTIONS OF THE TWIN CITIES...INCLUDING THE LAKE MINNETONKA
AREA.
PEOPLE IN BENTON...EASTERN MEEKER...EASTERN RENVILLE...MCLEOD...
WESTERN HENNEPIN...SHERBURNE...SIBLEY...EASTERN STEARNS...
SOUTHERN MILLE LACS...CARVER AND WRIGHT COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR
THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY. LISTEN FOR POSSIBLE WARNINGS
AND BE PREPARED TO TAKE APPROPRIATE ACTION SHOULD SEVERE WEATHER
THREATEN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
THUNDERSTORMS COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.
&&
LAT...LON 4577 9313 4574 9313 4574 9302 4572 9297
4442 9410 4463 9492 4594 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1216Z 288DEG 32KT 4583 9373 4468 9472
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 2, 12:00 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 57 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:26 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 6:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 6:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 6:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Swift | 64 min |
| Aug 2, 7:23 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 67 min |
| Aug 2, 7:39 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 51 min |
| Aug 2, 7:57 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey, Sherburne, Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 2, 8:05 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 55 min |
| Aug 2, 8:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Isanti, Washington | 74 min |
| Aug 1, 9:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Chippewa | 81 min |
| Aug 1, 10:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 46 min |
| Aug 2, 4:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 58 min |
| Aug 2, 4:36 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk, Rusk | 54 min |
| Aug 2, 4:44 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Rusk | 6 hr |
| Aug 2, 5:29 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk | 61 min |
| Aug 2, 9:13 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Polk | 62 min |
| Aug 2, 9:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 93 min |
| Aug 2, 9:56 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 5 hr |
Nearby
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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.