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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 7, 2013Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 7, 2013, 5:19 PM CDT for Stearns 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: Jul 7, 2013, 5:19 PM CDT (22:19 UTC)
Expired: Jul 7, 2013, 6:00 PM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 92 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 90 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: 335 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -222 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1274 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 84 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 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.

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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 Jul 7, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 7, 4:03 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 7, 11:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 40 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1139 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
081645-
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-
1139 AM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EARLY
EVENING ACROSS PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN. AN ISOLATED STRONG STORM IS POSSIBLE...BUT SEVERE
WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

THUNDERSTORM CHANCES RETURN FOR MONDAY AFTERNOON AND TUESDAY.
SOME OF THESE STORMS COULD BE SEVERE...ESPECIALLY TUESDAY
AFTERNOON.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JLT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:19 PM CDT, 2 hours before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
319 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

MNZ045-072145-
KANABEC-
319 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAIN MOVING OVER KANABEC COUNTY THROUGH
445 PM CDT...

AT 317 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM
WITH LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL 5 MILES NORTH OF MORA...OR 18 MILES
NORTHWEST OF PINE CITY. THIS STORM WAS SLOWLY MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 10
MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MORA.
  QUAMBA.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4598 9313 4580 9314 4579 9314 4579 9315
      4588 9352 4598 9352 4598 9343 4605 9343
TIME...MOT...LOC 2018Z 300DEG 9KT 4595 9331

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 3:40 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

MNZ057-072215-
KANDIYOHI-
340 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL MOVING OVER KANDIYOHI COUNTY
THROUGH 515 PM CDT...

AT 335 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A THUNDERSTORM
WITH HEAVY RAINFALL 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF WILLMAR...OR 25 MILES WEST
OF PAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS SLOWLY MOVING EAST AT 5 TO 10 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  NEW LONDON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS IN EXCESS OF TWO INCHES ARE EXPECTED FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

&&

LAT...LON 4529 9525 4534 9525 4542 9480 4541 9478
      4517 9478 4515 9525 4523 9525 4524 9526
      4528 9526
TIME...MOT...LOC 2039Z 252DEG 4KT 4524 9519

Special weather statement, Jul 7, 5:19 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
519 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

MNZ049-072300-
STEARNS-
519 PM CDT SUN JUL 7 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING IOVER STEARNS COUNTY THROUGH 600 PM CDT...

AT 514 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES SOUTHEAST OF ALBANY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 10 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE...WINDS UP TO 30 MPH...AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE
EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  COLD SPRING.
  ROCKVILLE.
  PLEASANT LAKE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4556 9415 4555 9414 4533 9414 4544 9457
      4557 9451
TIME...MOT...LOC 2219Z 283DEG 8KT 4550 9441

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 7, 3:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	86 min
Jul 7, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	95 min
Jul 7, 6:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chisago, Isanti	84 min
Jul 7, 6:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	59 min
Jul 7, 6:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver	53 min
Jul 7, 6:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	81 min
Jul 7, 6:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver	42 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2013 Every special weather statement in 2013

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.