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 Aug 23, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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 23, 2012, 2:49 PM CDT (19:49 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 23, 2012, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 147 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.8 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 2118 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 78 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
458
WWUS83 KMPX 231949
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
249 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2012
MNZ041-042-048-049-055-057-232030-
DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-POPE-STEARNS-SWIFT-TODD-
249 PM CDT THU AUG 23 2012
...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
AT 246 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTH OF GLENWOOD...OR 27 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
SAUK CENTRE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 25 MPH.
HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...WINDS UP TO 40 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
GILCHRIST.
SEDAN.
BROOTEN.
NEW LONDON.
PADUA.
ELROSA.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.
&&
LAT...LON 4576 9530 4578 9475 4528 9476 4531 9535
4548 9546
TIME...MOT...LOC 1949Z 245DEG 20KT 4543 9528
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 23, 11:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 29 min |
| Aug 23, 11:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 45 min |
| Aug 23, 12:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 60 min |
| Aug 23, 1:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 53 min |
| Aug 23, 2:50 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 3 hr |
| Aug 23, 5:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 23, 6:06 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 54 min |
| Aug 23, 6:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Aug 23, 6:46 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 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.