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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 2013Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2013, 8:38 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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 24, 2013, 8:38 PM CDT (01:38 UTC)
Expired: Jul 24, 2013, 9:45 PM CDT
In force: 67 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.6 hours before the alert went out and 181 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: 5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -38 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1696 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 111 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 24, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 24, 6:08 PM CDT, 2 hours 30 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 24, 10:12 AM CDT, 10 hours 26 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1012 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013

MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-076>078-WIZ014>016-023>028-
251515-
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1012 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
...AND OVERNIGHT. THE MAIN THREAT AREA WILL BE ACROSS CENTRAL AND
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA THIS EVENING.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS
BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
BEING POSSIBLE AS WELL.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073>075-082>085-091>093-251515-
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
1012 AM CDT WED JUL 24 2013

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS INCREASE THURSDAY THROUGH FRIDAY
MORNING. THERE IS A SLIGHT RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THURSDAY
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...PARTICULARLY FOR SOUTHERN AND EAST CENTRAL
MINNESOTA INTO WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN...WITH THE MAIN HAZARDS
BEING LARGE HAIL AND DAMAGING WINDS...WITH ISOLATED TORNADOES
BEING POSSIBLE AS WELL.

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH THURSDAY
MORNING.

JLT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 24, 8:38 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
838 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013

MNZ042-250245-
TODD-
838 PM CDT WED JUL 24 2013

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO TODD COUNTY THROUGH 945 PM CDT...

AT 834 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 3 MILES NORTH OF VERNDALE
TO 7 MILES NORTHEAST OF HENNING. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST
AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  STAPLES.
  BERTHA.
  PHILBROOK.
  EAGLE BEND.
  CLARISSA.
  BROWERVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4624 9465 4599 9465 4595 9501 4608 9515
      4636 9517 4637 9515 4638 9480
TIME...MOT...LOC 0138Z 323DEG 24KT 4642 9498 4638 9534

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 10:09 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	51 min
Jul 24, 10:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	49 min
Jul 24, 11:23 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	52 min
Jul 24, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	42 min
Jul 25, 12:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	30 min
Jul 25, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	33 min
Jul 25, 1:35 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	25 min
Jul 25, 2:01 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca	3 hr
Jul 25, 2:22 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Rice, Steele, Waseca	3 hr
Jul 25, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	51 min
Jul 25, 3:05 PM CDT	Areal Flood Advisory	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Martin, Steele, Waseca and 1 more	4 hr
Jul 25, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault	47 min
Jul 25, 4:22 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	38 min
Jul 25, 5:50 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	40 min
Jul 25, 5:32 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Eau Claire	28 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.