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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 19, 2012Chisago County, Minnesota; Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Mar 19, 2012, 9:14 PM CDT for Chisago County, Minnesota; Polk County, Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 46 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
Mar 19, 2012, 9:14 PM CDT (02:14 UTC)
Expired
Mar 19, 2012, 10:00 PM CDT
In force
46 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chisago County, MN, Polk County, WI, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 100 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:17 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.2 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 735 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 00:00Z on 2012-03-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 213 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
735 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-6 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1071 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
213 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
351 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
3.0

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The text

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

442 
WWUS83 KMPX 200214
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
914 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

MNZ053-063-WIZ014-023-200300-
CHISAGO-POLK-ST. CROIX-WASHINGTON-
914 PM CDT MON MAR 19 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHISAGO...POLK...ST. CROIX AND 
WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 1000 PM CDT...

AT 912 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM WYOMING TO 3 MILES EAST OF
MARINE ON ST CROIX TO 4 MILES SOUTHWEST OF HAMMOND. THESE STORMS WERE
MOVING NORTH AT 55 MPH.

WINDS UP TO 50 MPH AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  BOARDMAN.
  STACY.
  CYLON.
  BRANCH.
  HARRIS.
  RUSH CITY.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4573 9232 4556 9217 4486 9243 4487 9254
      4510 9275 4522 9302 4556 9303 4574 9297
      4573 9285 4565 9287 4565 9254 4574 9252
TIME...MOT...LOC 0213Z 195DEG 48KT 4532 9299 4520 9271
          4495 9249

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 19, 7:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, Scott, Wright33 min
Mar 19, 7:37 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright38 min
Mar 19, 8:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Goodhue, Ramsey, Washington38 min
Mar 19, 10:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Rusk45 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.