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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 26, 2013, 6:18 AM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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 26, 2013, 6:18 AM CDT (11:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 26, 2013, 7:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Brown County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:18 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 85 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
- 2626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -24 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1030 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 16 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 35 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 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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</html>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 26, 3:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jun 26, 3:56 AM CDT, 2 hours 22 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 26, 4:20 AM CDT, 1 hour 58 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 420 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ041>045-047>051-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-270930- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER- WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA- STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 420 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT A FEW NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY NIGHT AND SATURDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED. MNZ052-053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-270930- ISANTI-CHISAGO-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE- POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 420 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE TODAY AND EARLY TONIGHT. A FEW OF THE STORMS MAY BE SEVERE WITH LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS. THE STORMS WILL BE SLOW MOVING AND WILL BE CAPABLE OF PRODUCING HEAVY RAIN... WHICH COULD LEAD TO ADDITIONAL FLOODING. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS FROM THURSDAY THROUGH SATURDAY AND THEN AGAIN ON TUESDAY. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW AT THIS TIME. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER TODAY.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 1:51 AM CDT, 4 hours 27 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
151 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
MNZ047-054>056-260800-
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-
151 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013
AT 148 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A SEVERE
THUNDERSTORM 5 MILES WEST OF CLINTON. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT
25 MPH.
* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
CHOKIO.
LOUISBURG.
APPLETON.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.
&&
LAT...LON 4527 9642 4526 9629 4523 9627 4520 9618
4520 9612 4540 9613 4542 9625 4562 9625
4553 9593 4508 9601 4523 9647 4526 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0651Z 281DEG 21KT 4544 9652
CLFSpecial weather statement, Jun 26, 2:38 AM CDT, 3 hours 40 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 238 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ054-260830- LAC QUI PARLE- 238 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 AT 237 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM NEAR MADISON...OR 16 MILES EAST OF ALBEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MADISON. CERRO GORDO. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA. && LAT...LON 4512 9602 4495 9588 4493 9630 4511 9629 TIME...MOT...LOC 0739Z 262DEG 19KT 4502 9622 CLF
Special weather statement, Jun 26, 6:18 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 618 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 MNZ065-067-074-075-261200- BROWN-NICOLLET-RENVILLE-SIBLEY- 618 AM CDT WED JUN 26 2013 AT 613 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 14 MILES NORTH OF SLEEPY EYE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... GIBBON. ST GEORGE. LAFAYETTE. KLOSSNER. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. && LAT...LON 4439 9423 4421 9445 4444 9484 4459 9459 TIME...MOT...LOC 1118Z 306DEG 25KT 4448 9463
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 1:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Big Stone | 69 min |
| Jun 26, 2:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens, Swift | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 2:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 6:38 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 52 min |
| Jun 26, 7:26 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 49 min |
| Jun 26, 8:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 51 min |
| Jun 26, 8:25 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault | 50 min |
| Jun 26, 1:32 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley | 5 days |
| Jun 26, 1:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 57 min |
| Jun 26, 2:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 42 min |
| Jun 26, 3:12 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 48 min |
| Jun 26, 12:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 43 min |
| Jun 26, 1:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 45 min |
| Jun 26, 1:51 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 3 hr |
| Jun 26, 1:55 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pierce, Saint Croix | 35 min |
| Jun 26, 4:32 PM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 4 hr |
| Jun 26, 5:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 36 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.