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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 1:59 PM CDT for Wabasha County, Minnesota. It was in force for 31 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
- Aug 9, 2012, 1:59 PM CDT (18:59 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2012, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 31 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Wabasha County, MN
The radar
The La Crosse radar (KARX), 108 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 119 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 921 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 43 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -74 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -25 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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WWUS83 KMPX 091859
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
159 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
MNZ078-WIZ024-026-091930-
GOODHUE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
159 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER GOODHUE...PEPIN AND
PIERCE COUNTIES THROUGH 230 PM CDT...
AT 156 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES EAST OF MAIDEN ROCK. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTH
AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
MAIDEN ROCK.
STOCKHOLM.
PEPIN.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
&&
LAT...LON 4442 9213 4443 9221 4445 9225 4445 9236
4465 9234 4463 9209 4440 9209 4440 9211
TIME...MOT...LOC 1859Z 003DEG 23KT 4455 9222
$$
CLFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 9, 4:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 53 min |
| Aug 9, 1:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Rusk | 56 min |
| Aug 9, 3:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 39 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.