Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2012
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT for Douglas County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
- Jun 10, 2012, 3:03 PM CDT (20:03 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 27 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 202 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 200 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
- 73 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -424 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1491 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 182 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 142 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
157
WWUS83 KMPX 102003
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
303 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
MNZ041-102030-
DOUGLAS-
303 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER DOUGLAS COUNTY THROUGH 330 PM CDT...
AT 302 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 6 MILES WEST OF MILTONA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 45 MPH.
ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
LEAF VALLEY.
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 4611 9558 4612 9522 4610 9521 4593 9535
4600 9559 4612 9564 4612 9559
TIME...MOT...LOC 2004Z 212DEG 38KT 4606 9541
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 10, 5:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 6:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 25 min |
| Jun 10, 6:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 32 min |
| Jun 10, 2:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 43 min |
| Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Morrison, Stearns | 31 min |
| Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 63 min |
| Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Swift | 29 min |
| Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns, Todd | 67 min |
| Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 66 min |
| Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 36 min |
| Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 47 min |
| Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 44 min |
| Jun 10, 5:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 39 min |
| Jun 10, 5:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 62 min |
| Jun 10, 5:49 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley | 56 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Martin, Watonwan | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne | 57 min |
| Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 53 min |
| Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 48 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.