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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2012, 3:39 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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, 3:39 PM CDT (20:39 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 10, 2012, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 51 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 162 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.
819 WWUS83 KMPX 102039 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 339 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 MNZ041-048-055>057-102130- CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-POPE-SWIFT- 339 PM CDT SUN JUN 10 2012 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER CHIPPEWA...DOUGLAS...KANDIYOHI...POPE AND SWIFT COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT... AT 337 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF STARBUCK TO 6 MILES NORTHWEST OF GLUEK. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... STARBUCK. LONG BEACH. LOWRY. MURDOCK. FORADA. NELSON. 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 4606 9517 4519 9515 4492 9562 4573 9560 TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 207DEG 45KT 4559 9546 4506 9555 $$ JPC
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, 3:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 27 min |
| Jun 10, 3:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 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.