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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 13, 2012Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 13, 2012, 2:00 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. 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, 2:00 PM CDT (19:00 UTC)
Expired
Jul 13, 2012, 2:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.0 hours before the alert went out and 78 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 2012-07-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 420 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-07-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 259 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

864 
WWUS83 KMPX 131900
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
200 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012

MNZ049-058-059-131945-
MEEKER-STEARNS-WRIGHT-
200 PM CDT FRI JUL 13 2012

AT 200 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG 
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM PAYNESVILLE TO ATWATER.

THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  GROVE CITY.
  EDEN VALLEY.
  ST NICHOLAS.
  LITCHFIELD.
  DARWIN.

LAT...LON 4543 9417 4524 9412 4499 9412 4503 9475
      4532 9473 4545 9467
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 285DEG 11KT 4538 9458 4532 9462
          4509 9470

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 12, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Stevens40 min
Jul 12, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas46 min
Jul 12, 9:44 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBig Stone46 min
Jul 12, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle29 min
Jul 12, 10:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Swift35 min
Jul 13, 8:59 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice46 min
Jul 13, 9:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue57 min
Jul 13, 1:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison41 min
Jul 13, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine40 min
Jul 13, 1:09 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine38 min
Jul 13, 1:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville45 min
Jul 13, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison38 min
Jul 13, 2:25 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown50 min
Jul 13, 3:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker58 min
Jul 13, 3:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs40 min
Jul 13, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWatonwan42 min
Jul 13, 4:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti, Kanabec43 min
Jul 13, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin37 min
Jul 13, 4:13 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Wright62 min
Jul 13, 4:17 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod28 min
Jul 13, 4:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin41 min
Jul 13, 5:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin52 min
Jul 13, 5:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice42 min
Jul 13, 5:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington49 min
Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington52 min
Jul 13, 5:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville51 min
Jul 13, 5:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin49 min
Jul 13, 5:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota41 min
Jul 13, 5:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca23 min
Jul 13, 5:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Washington33 min
Jul 13, 6:08 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue52 min
Jul 13, 6:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice25 min
Jul 13, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele23 min
Jul 13, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault42 min
Jul 13, 6:45 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn45 min
Jul 13, 1:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Eau Claire45 min
Jul 13, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk, Saint Croix67 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.