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 Jul 5, 2012, 5:07 AM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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 5, 2012, 5:07 AM CDT (10:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 5:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.1 hours before the alert went out and 38 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.
518
WWUS83 KMPX 051007
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
507 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
MNZ059-051045-
WRIGHT-
507 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER SOUTHERN WRIGHT COUNTY THROUGH 545 AM
CDT...
AT 505 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES EAST OF COKATO. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 10
MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
SMITH LAKE.
HOWARD LAKE.
WAVERLY.
LAT...LON 4497 9389 4497 9398 4498 9416 4513 9419
4516 9391
TIME...MOT...LOC 1007Z 268DEG 9KT 4507 9413
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 62 min |
| 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, 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.