Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2011
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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 6, 2011, 7:16 PM CDT (00:16 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2011, 8:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 86 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:17 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 6, 7:27 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Litchfield, MN | OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF COUNTY ROADS 22 AND 12. |
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 00:00Z, 0.3 hours before the alert went out and 84 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
- 931 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -22 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1415 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 38 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 9 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227 WWUS83 KMPX 070016 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 716 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011 MNZ049-057-058-070100- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-STEARNS- 716 PM CDT SAT AUG 6 2011 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER KANDIYOHI...MEEKER AND STEARNS COUNTIES THROUGH 800 PM CDT... AT 713 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HAWICK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... HAWICK. GROVE CITY. LITCHFIELD. DARWIN. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. && LAT...LON 4522 9429 4501 9443 4521 9488 4535 9481 TIME...MOT...LOC 0016Z 293DEG 21KT 4523 9474 $$
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 7:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns, Wright | 33 min |
| Aug 6, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 8:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 43 min |
| Aug 6, 8:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Sibley | 44 min |
| Aug 6, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 45 min |
| Aug 6, 10:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 43 min |
| Aug 7, 7:27 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Todd | 5 days |
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.