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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2013, 9:47 PM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 73 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 12, 2013, 9:47 PM CDT (02:47 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 12, 2013, 11:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 73 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.8 hours before the alert went out and 192 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
- 2150 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 25 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 131 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 303 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.2
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 Jul 12, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 6:18 PM CDT, 3 hours 29 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 1:07 PM CDT, 8 hours 40 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 107 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 MNZ041>043-047>049-054>056-064-131815- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT- CHIPPEWA-YELLOW MEDICINE- 107 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE WEATHER LATE THIS EVENING AND TONIGHT. THERE WILL BE A THREAT FOR ONE INCH HAIL AND WINDS APPROACHING 60 MPH WITH THE STRONGEST THUNDERSTORMS TONIGHT. SEVERE WEATHER WILL NOT BE WIDESPREAD TONIGHT AND THE STORMS SHOULD WEAKEN AS THEY MOVE FARTHER EAST INTO CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY SMALL THUNDERSTORM CHANCES WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE WEEKEND AND EARLY NEXT WEEK ACROSS WESTERN MINNESOTA. A FEW STORMS COULD BE STRONG AND POSSIBLY PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION SHOULD NOT BE NEEDED TONIGHT BUT ANY REPORTS OF WIND OR HAIL WOULD BE APPRECIATED. MNZ044-045-050>053-057>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-131815- MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-KANDIYOHI- MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-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-CHIPPEWA- EAU CLAIRE- 107 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT THERE IS A CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS THE EASTERN HALF OF MINNESOTA LATE TONIGHT. EVEN IF STORMS MANAGE TO SURVIVE AND MAKE IT INTO EASTERN MINNESOTA...THE STORMS WILL BE WEAK AND SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY THERE IS A LINGERING CHANCE FOR THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS CENTRAL MINNESOTA SUNDAY AND MONDAY...BUT MUCH OF EASTERN MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN WILL REMAIN DRY. THE CHANCE FOR STORMS RETURNS LATE NEXT WEEK. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 12, 9:47 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
947 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013
MNZ041-042-047-048-130400-
DOUGLAS-POPE-STEVENS-TODD-
947 PM CDT FRI JUL 12 2013
...HEAVY RAIN DEVELOPING OVER DOUGLAS...POPE...STEVENS AND TODD
COUNTIES THROUGH 1200 AM CDT...
AT 935 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING SEVERAL STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 7 MILES WEST OF BATTLE LAKE
TO 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CHARLESVILLE TO 14 MILES WEST OF CLINTON.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH...BUT CONTINUE TO BUILD TO
THE WEST AND SOUTHWEST. BASED ON CURRENT RADAR TRENDS...RAINFALL
AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE...ESPECIALLY FROM MORRIS TO
ALEXANDRIA BEFORE MIDNIGHT. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS
AND PONDING OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.
IN ADDITION...PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THESE STORMS.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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LAT...LON 4542 9541 4542 9626 4560 9627 4577 9620
4577 9577 4612 9576 4611 9516 4637 9515
4637 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 0242Z 280DEG 18KT 4626 9584 4586 9614
4547 9670The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 12, 10:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 53 min |
| Jul 12, 10:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 50 min |
| Jul 13, 3:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti and 4 more | 52 min |
| Jul 13, 4:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | MPX | Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Ramsey and 2 more | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 6:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Rice, Scott | 4 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:08 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Rice | 6 hr |
| Jul 13, 8:33 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 9:02 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 10:32 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 3 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 12 hr |
| Jul 13, 1:55 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 4 more | 6 hr |
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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.