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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 25, 2013Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2013, 4:22 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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 25, 2013, 4:22 PM CDT (21:22 UTC)
Expired: Jul 25, 2013, 5:00 PM CDT
In force: 38 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:25 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 149 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: 158 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -103 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1121 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 25 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 66 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 85 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 25, 4:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 4:10 PM CDT, 12 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 10:39 AM CDT, 5 hours 43 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1039 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

MNZ060-062-063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ015-016-023>028-
261545-
HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-
DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1039 AM CDT THU JUL 25 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 SLIGHT RISK OF SEVERE WEATHER THIS AFTERNOON INTO THE
EVENING. THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TO DEVELOP BETWEEN 1 PM AND 3
PM NEAR OR SOUTH OF A REDWOOD FALLS...TO THE TWIN CITIES...TO
LADYSMITH LINE AND SLOWLY MOVE SOUTHEAST ACROSS SOUTHERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN THROUGH THE EVENING. THE MAIN
SEVERE WEATHER THREATS WILL BE HAIL IN EXCESS OF ONE INCH IN
DIAMETER AND WIND GUSTS TO 60 MPH.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS
ACTIVITY IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED.

MNZ041>045-047>059-061-064-WIZ014-261545-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-ANOKA-YELLOW MEDICINE-POLK-
1039 AM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS
AFTERNOON...BUT THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER WILL BE LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS RETURN FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY
NIGHT. AT THIS TIME...THE CHANCES FOR SEVERE WEATHER WITH THIS
ACTIVITY IS LOW.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

JLT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 1:35 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
135 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

MNZ076-077-084-251900-
LE SUEUR-RICE-WASECA-
135 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

AT 129 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LE CENTER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 25 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...
  KILKENNY.
  MORRISTOWN.
  WARSAW.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4420 9372 4438 9368 4437 9332 4420 9337
      4419 9341 4417 9341
TIME...MOT...LOC 1836Z 286DEG 22KT 4428 9356

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 25, 2:20 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
220 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0216 PM     HEAVY RAIN       FARIBAULT               44.30N 93.27W
07/25/2013  E0.00 INCH       RICE               MN   LAW ENFORCEMENT

            URBAN STREET FLOODING REPORTED.

&&

CARLYON

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 2:54 PM CDT, 1 hour 28 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
254 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

MNZ083>085-092-093-252045-
BLUE EARTH-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-STEELE-WASECA-
254 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

AT 250 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 13 MILES SOUTHWEST OF
CLAREMONT TO 14 MILES SOUTH OF WASECA TO 21 MILES SOUTH OF MANKATO.
THESE STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

RECENTLY...WIND GUSTS OF 40 TO 50 MPH HAVE BEEN REPORTED ACROSS THE
AREA. THESE WINDS ALONG WITH VERY HEAVY RAINFALL...CAN CAUSE SMALL
TREES AND LARGE TREE LIMBS TO BLOW DOWN.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  NEW RICHLAND.
  MINNESOTA LAKE.
  BLOOMING PRAIRIE.
  GENEVA.
  HARTLAND.
  WELLS.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

THE GUSTY WINDS WILL BE CAPABLE OF KNOCKING DOWN SMALL TREES...TREE
LIMBS...AND POWERLINES. SEEK SAFE SHELTER UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

&&

LAT...LON 4397 9395 4389 9347 4399 9304 4362 9304
      4360 9307 4359 9364
TIME...MOT...LOC 1952Z 312DEG 20KT 4388 9312 4388 9352
          4388 9382

JLT

Local storm report, Jul 25, 3:06 PM CDT, 1 hour 16 minutes before

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
306 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0250 PM     TSTM WND GST     5 WNW STEELE CENTER     43.96N 93.28W
07/25/2013  M51 MPH          STEELE             MN   MESONET

            MNDOT SENSOR I-35 MILE POST 30 NEAR REST STOP.

&&

CARLYON

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 3:13 PM CDT, 1 hour 9 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
313 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

MNZ092-093-252100-
FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-
313 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

AT 309 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF BLUE EARTH...OR 17 MILES NORTHWEST
OF LAKE MILLS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 15 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BRICELYN.
  KIESTER.
  WALTERS.
  MANSFIELD.
  ALDEN.
  CONGER.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

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

&&

LAT...LON 4370 9352 4350 9350 4350 9386 4359 9388
TIME...MOT...LOC 2013Z 251DEG 15KT 4356 9378

JLT

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 4:22 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 24, 8:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	67 min
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, 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

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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.