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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 1, 2012Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 1, 2012, 4:52 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
Jul 1, 2012, 4:52 PM CDT (21:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 1, 2012, 5:15 PM CDT
In force
23 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:55 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.9 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-07-01Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1200 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 2012-07-01The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 57 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
1200 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-122 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1457 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
57 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.4

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The text

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

062 
WWUS83 KMPX 012152
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
452 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

MNZ065-067-012215-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-
452 PM CDT SUN JUL 1 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER RENVILLE AND SIBLEY
COUNTIES THROUGH 515 PM CDT...

AT 450 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM NEAR BUFFALO LAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 20
MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BUFFALO LAKE.
  LAKESIDE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4487 9478 4487 9452 4469 9454 4469 9468
TIME...MOT...LOC 2152Z 180DEG 16KT 4476 9463

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 1, 2:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin52 min
Jul 1, 2:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown35 min
Jul 1, 2:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley31 min
Jul 1, 3:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley36 min
Jul 1, 4:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSibley28 min
Jul 1, 4:14 PM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 36 more37 hr
Jul 1, 5:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville31 min
Jul 1, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRenville27 min
Jul 1, 5:36 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec24 min
Jul 1, 5:47 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec28 min

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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.