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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2012, 8:13 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 62 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 4, 2012, 8:13 PM CDT (01:13 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2012, 9:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 62 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Kanabec County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 113 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:15 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.2 hours before the alert went out and 150 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
- 2542 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -39 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1972 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 95 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 163 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 5.8
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
396
WWUS83 KMPX 050113
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
813 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012
MNZ044-045-050215-
KANABEC-MILLE LACS-
813 PM CDT WED JUL 4 2012
AT 806 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 10 MILES NORTH OF MOOSE
LAKE TO 8 MILES NORTH OF MCGRATH TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BRAINERD.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS. THIS STORM IS MOVING TOWARD MILLE LACS LAKE AND NORTHER
KANABEC COUNTY. THIS STORM MAY BE SEVERE AND A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM
WARNING MIGHT BE NEEDED BEFORE 830 PM CDT.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
ISLE.
BAYVIEW.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 4625 9342 4616 9342 4616 9306 4615 9304
4613 9304 4610 9358 4624 9377 4626 9344
TIME...MOT...LOC 0111Z 322DEG 16KT 4656 9283 4635 9329
4630 9408
$$
CLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 77 min |
| Jul 4, 9:44 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 10:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison | 15 min |
| Jul 4, 10:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 28 min |
| Jul 4, 10:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 48 min |
| Jul 4, 11:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 29 min |
| Jul 5, 12:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 12:34 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 41 min |
| Jul 5, 1:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago | 16 min |
| Jul 5, 3:25 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 50 min |
| Jul 5, 4:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 42 min |
| Jul 5, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 38 min |
| Jul 5, 6:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 44 min |
| Jul 5, 6:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 30 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.