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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2013Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2013, 4:21 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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: Jun 20, 2013, 4:21 PM CDT (21:21 UTC)
Expired: Jun 20, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 110 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 111 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 351 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -114 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1287 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 20 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 24 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: -9 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.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jun 20, 1:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 20, 1:10 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 20, 1:25 PM CDT, 2 hours 56 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
125 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
211830-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-
REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-
WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE-
125 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL AND
SOUTHERN MINNESOTA... AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE ENTIRE
AREA THROUGH TONIGHT. THE GREATEST POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
WILL COME TONIGHT...WHEN A LINE OF STRONG TO SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS
IS EXPECTED TO TRACK ACROSS THE OUTLOOK AREA. THE GREATEST RISK
WILL BE FOR STRONG DAMAGING STRAIGHT LINE WINDS.

THROUGH THIS AFTERNOON...SCATTERED NON-SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL
BE POSSIBLE ACROSS MAINLY CENTRAL MINNESOTA INTO WESTERN
WISCONSIN.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

SEVERAL ROUNDS OF THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED FRIDAY THROUGH
WEDNESDAY...MAINLY DURING THE EVENING AND NIGHTTIME PERIODS.
THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS BOTH FRIDAY AND
SATURDAY FOR MUCH OF THE COVERAGE AREA. AGAIN...THE GREATEST
HAZARDS WILL BE HAIL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN DIAMETER AND WINDS
IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH. IN ADDITION...PERIODS OF HEAVY RAIN WILL BE
POSSIBLE WHICH MAY LEAD TO FLASH FLOODING AND SIGNIFICANT RISES ON
AREA RIVERS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED TONIGHT AND AT
TIMES FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 20, 4:21 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
421 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

MNZ045-052-053-202200-
CHISAGO-ISANTI-KANABEC-
421 PM CDT THU JUN 20 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO/DEVELOPING OVER CHISAGO...ISANTI AND
KANABEC COUNTIES THROUGH 500 PM CDT...

AT 416 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF MORA...OR 21 MILES WEST OF PINE
CITY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A
WARNING IS ISSUED.

&&

LAT...LON 4593 9313 4574 9314 4573 9299 4566 9299
      4570 9345 4594 9350
TIME...MOT...LOC 2121Z 272DEG 12KT 4581 9337

SPD

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 20, 1:01 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	74 min
Jun 20, 2:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison, Todd	54 min
Jun 20, 3:25 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	35 min
Jun 20, 4:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	35 min
Jun 20, 5:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	66 min

Nearby

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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.