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, 6:01 AM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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, 6:01 AM CDT (11:01 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 5, 2012, 6:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Carver County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.0 hours before the alert went out and 31 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.
178 WWUS83 KMPX 051101 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 601 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 MNZ066-068-051145- CARVER-MCLEOD- 601 AM CDT THU JUL 5 2012 ...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO NORTHWEST CARVER AND NORTHEAST MCLEOD COUNTIES THROUGH 645 AM CDT... AT 600 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 2 MILES NORTH OF LESTER PRAIRIE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 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... WINSTED. LESTER PRAIRIE. NEW GERMANY. MAYER. WATERTOWN. WACONIA. LAT...LON 4486 9415 4498 9412 4498 9376 4485 9377 TIME...MOT...LOC 1101Z 278DEG 18KT 4492 9405 $$
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, 5:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 38 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.