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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2012Douglas County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 73 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 2012-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 182 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 10, 5:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens31 min
Jun 10, 6:20 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens25 min
Jun 10, 6:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope32 min
Jun 10, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison29 min
Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd35 min
Jun 10, 3:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Pope51 min
Jun 10, 3:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope43 min
Jun 10, 3:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Morrison, Stearns31 min
Jun 10, 3:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood, Renville63 min
Jun 10, 4:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Swift29 min
Jun 10, 4:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns, Todd67 min
Jun 10, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd66 min
Jun 10, 4:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville36 min
Jun 10, 4:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville47 min
Jun 10, 5:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Morrison, Stearns, Todd44 min
Jun 10, 5:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown39 min
Jun 10, 5:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Meeker, Morrison, Sherburne, Stearns, Wright62 min
Jun 10, 5:49 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, McLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley56 min
Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown, Martin, Watonwan57 min
Jun 10, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison, Sherburne57 min
Jun 10, 6:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Carver, Hennepin, Wright53 min
Jun 10, 6:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan48 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.