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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 2012Goodhue County, Minnesota; Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2012, 4:07 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota; Eau Claire County, Pepin County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 53 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, 4:07 PM CDT (21:07 UTC)
Expired
Aug 9, 2012, 5:00 PM CDT
In force
53 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Goodhue County, MN, Eau Claire County, WI, Pepin County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 104 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.1 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2012-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2012-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -74 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

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

142 
WWUS83 KMPX 092107
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
407 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

MNZ078-WIZ024>028-092200-
CHIPPEWA-DUNN-EAU CLAIRE-GOODHUE-PEPIN-PIERCE-
407 PM CDT THU AUG 9 2012

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER CHIPPEWA...DUNN...EAU CLAIRE... 
GOODHUE...PEPIN AND PIERCE COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

AT 400 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM STANLEY TO HAGER CITY.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTH AT 25 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE
STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  EAU GALLE.
  EAU CLAIRE.
  AUGUSTA.
  ROCK FALLS.
  DURAND.
  RED WING.
  MAIDEN ROCK.
  LUDINGTON.
  PORCUPINE.
  ELLA.
  ALLEN.
  GOODHUE.
  ZUMBROTA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL
TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS
CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION.

&&

LAT...LON 4459 9092 4459 9201 4440 9209 4445 9225
      4445 9242 4437 9242 4435 9254 4419 9256
      4419 9294 4438 9298 4464 9266 4501 9091
TIME...MOT...LOC 2105Z 355DEG 23KT 4493 9089 4457 9252

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 9, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWabasha31 min
Aug 9, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Rusk56 min
Aug 9, 3:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Dunn39 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2012Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2012Every special weather statement in 2012

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.