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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 2011Morrison County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 11:59 AM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 61 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 6, 2011, 11:59 AM CDT (16:59 UTC)
Expired
Aug 6, 2011, 1:00 PM CDT
In force
61 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Morrison County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 690 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2011-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 41 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
690 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-28 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
750 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
41 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
51 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.6

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

122 
WWUS83 KMPX 061659
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1159 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

MNZ043-044-061800-
MILLE LACS-MORRISON-
1159 AM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MILLE LACS AND MORRISON COUNTIES 
THROUGH 100 PM CDT...

AT 1152 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR IN CHANHASSEN WAS TRACKING A 
LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS 3 MILES SOUTHWEST OF GENOLA. THESE  
STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GENOLA.
  PIERZ.
  LASTRUP.
  MORRILL.
  HARDING.
  HILLMAN.

LAT...LON 4584 9375 4582 9426 4615 9417 4617 9394
      4616 9383 4618 9382 4618 9376
TIME...MOT...LOC 1657Z 256DEG 11KT 4593 9412

$$

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 10:55 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Sherburne, Wright3 hr
Aug 6, 10:59 AM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDouglas, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Todd4 hr
Aug 6, 12:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison53 min
Aug 6, 1:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec31 min
Aug 6, 2:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka25 min
Aug 6, 3:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington27 min
Aug 6, 3:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRamsey, Washington46 min
Aug 6, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas24 min
Aug 6, 6:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns46 min
Aug 6, 2:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron47 min
Aug 6, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix45 min
Aug 6, 5:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire49 min

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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.