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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT for Barron County, Chippewa County, Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 45 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 13, 2012, 1:15 PM CDT (18:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 13, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Barron County, WI, Chippewa County, WI, Eau Claire County, WI
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 132 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 176 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
- 420 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -186 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1382 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 259 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.1
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS83 KMPX 131815
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
115 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
WIZ014>016-025-027-028-131900-
BARRON-CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-POLK-RUSK-
115 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012
AT 112 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT THUNDERSTORMS WERE RAPIDLY
DEVELOPING ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CUMBERLAND...TO TURTLE LAKE
TO TAINTER LAKE...LAKE HALLIE....AND FALL CREEK...JUST NORTH OF OSSEO.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH.
WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
EAU CLAIRE.
CUMBERLAND.
HILLSDALE.
LAKE HALLIE.
BARRON.
SAND CREEK.
LAT...LON 4465 9131 4497 9179 4561 9223 4560 9149
4502 9109 4481 9090 4468 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 1814Z 270DEG 16KT 4564 9216 4541 9202
4519 9189 4497 9170 4467 9124
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 7:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 40 min |
| Jul 12, 9:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 9:44 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Big Stone | 46 min |
| Jul 12, 10:01 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 29 min |
| Jul 12, 10:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Swift | 35 min |
| Jul 13, 8:59 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 46 min |
| Jul 13, 9:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 57 min |
| Jul 13, 1:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 1:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 1:09 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 1:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 2:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 2:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 38 min |
| Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 58 min |
| Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 40 min |
| Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 4:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec | 43 min |
| Jul 13, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 37 min |
| Jul 13, 4:13 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod | 28 min |
| Jul 13, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 51 min |
| Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 49 min |
| Jul 13, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 41 min |
| Jul 13, 5:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 5:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 33 min |
| Jul 13, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 6:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 25 min |
| Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 23 min |
| Jul 13, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 42 min |
| Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 45 min |
| Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk, Saint Croix | 67 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.