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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 19, 20137 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 19, 2013, 3:45 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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
May 19, 2013, 3:45 AM CDT (08:45 UTC)
Expired
May 19, 2013, 4:45 AM CDT
In force
60 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Brown County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Martin County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 139 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 136 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 504 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 00:00Z on 2013-05-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 60 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
504 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-29 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1502 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
60 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
178 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.1
Supercell composite
5.1

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The text

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

083 
WWUS83 KMPX 190845
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
345 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

MNZ041-047-048-055>057-064-065-067-073>075-082-083-091-190945-
BLUE
EARTH-BROWN-CHIPPEWA-DOUGLAS-KANDIYOHI-MARTIN-NICOLLET-POPE-REDWOOD-
RENVILLE-SIBLEY-STEVENS-SWIFT-WATONWAN-YELLOW MEDICINE-
345 AM CDT SUN MAY 19 2013

AT 341 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM ARTICHOKE TO 6 MILES 
NORTHWEST OF GRANITE FALLS TO 5 MILES SOUTHEAST OF REDWOOD FALLS... 
TO NEAR FAIRMONT. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING NORTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

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

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4350 9479 4367 9487 4409 9487 4410 9505
      4443 9520 4530 9613 4540 9612 4542 9626
      4577 9601 4578 9575 4491 9481 4380 9434
      4349 9459
TIME...MOT...LOC 0844Z 210DEG 27KT 4545 9612 4489 9562
          4451 9501 4350 9469

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 18, 7:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope25 min
May 18, 7:52 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXDouglas3 hr
May 18, 8:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas48 min
May 19, 4:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan67 min
May 19, 5:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley52 min
May 19, 6:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey49 min
May 19, 12:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXTodd27 hr
May 19, 12:20 PM CDTRiver Flood WatchMPXCarver27 hr
May 19, 3:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington42 min
May 19, 3:43 PM CDTAreal Flood AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more3 hr
May 19, 4:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota, Scott30 min
May 19, 4:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Rice, Scott40 min
May 19, 4:27 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Goodhue, Washington33 min
May 19, 4:50 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue40 min
May 19, 4:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington36 min
May 19, 5:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Hennepin, Ramsey30 min
May 19, 5:23 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington37 min
May 19, 5:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti35 min
May 19, 6:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Isanti15 min
May 19, 5:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRusk44 min
May 19, 5:18 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix42 min
May 19, 5:26 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXPierce, Saint Croix34 min
May 19, 5:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix39 min
May 19, 6:26 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Polk, Rusk19 min
May 19, 6:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Eau Claire39 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.