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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 25, 2013Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2013, 11:36 PM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 39 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, 11:36 PM CDT (04:36 UTC)
Expired: Jul 26, 2013, 12:15 AM CDT
In force: 39 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 104 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 2158 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 65 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 126 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.2

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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, 10:48 PM CDT, 48 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 25, 10:48 PM CDT, 48 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 25, 6:36 PM CDT, 5 hours before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
636 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
262345-
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-
636 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

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

.DAY ONE...TONIGHT

ISOLATED NON SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS WILL BE POSSIBLE THIS EVENING
ACROSS CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN MINNESOTA...AS WELL AS PORTIONS OF
WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. ANY STORMS THAT DO DEVELOP WILL BE CAPABLE
OF PRODUCING SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS.

.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 WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

JLT

In the hours before

Local storm report, Jul 25, 5:45 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before

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

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

0544 PM     HAIL             5 NE AUGUSTA            44.73N 91.05W
07/25/2013  M0.75 INCH       EAU CLAIRE         WI   TRAINED SPOTTER

&&

CARLYON

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 5:50 PM CDT, 5 hours 46 minutes before

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

MNZ044-045-252330-
KANABEC-MILLE LACS-
550 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

AT 546 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 18 MILES NORTH OF MCGRATH
TO 12 MILES WEST OF MCGRATH TO 9 MILES SOUTH OF GARRISON. THESE
STORMS WERE MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...
  VINELAND.
  BAYVIEW.
  WARMAN.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

IF ON OR NEAR LAKE MILLE LACS...GET OUT OF THE WATER AND MOVE
INDOORS OR INSIDE A VEHICLE. REMEMBER...LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE OUT TO
15 MILES FROM THE PARENT THUNDERSTORM. IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU
ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. MOVE TO SAFE SHELTER
NOW. DON'T BE CAUGHT ON THE WATER IN A THUNDERSTORM!

&&

LAT...LON 4624 9342 4616 9341 4616 9306 4615 9304
      4607 9304 4601 9310 4592 9331 4616 9382
      4625 9372 4626 9346
TIME...MOT...LOC 2250Z 312DEG 34KT 4646 9333 4628 9347
          4615 9375

JLT

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 7:26 PM CDT, 4 hours 10 minutes before

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

MNZ043-260115-
MORRISON-
726 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

AT 723 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES NORTH OF LITTLE FALLS...OR 27 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
STAPLES. 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...
  PIERZ.
  LASTRUP.

LAT...LON 4605 9395 4590 9408 4608 9449 4615 9432
TIME...MOT...LOC 0025Z 298DEG 27KT 4610 9436

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 10:37 PM CDT, 59 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1037 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

MNZ058-065-066-260400-
MCLEOD-MEEKER-RENVILLE-
1037 PM CDT THU JUL 25 2013

AT 1035 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTHWEST OF LITCHFIELD...OR 25 MILES SOUTH OF
PAYNESVILLE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  STROUT.
  COSMOS.
  CORVUSO.
  CEDAR MILLS.
  LAKESIDE.

LAT...LON 4498 9429 4477 9452 4497 9477 4512 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 0337Z 312DEG 27KT 4501 9462

Special weather statement, Jul 25, 11:36 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 25, 7:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	49 min
Jul 25, 7:48 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	27 min
Jul 25, 10:37 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Meeker	23 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.