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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 4, 2013Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2013, 11:33 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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
Aug 4, 2013, 11:33 PM CDT (04:33 UTC)
Expired
Aug 5, 2013, 12:00 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 176 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.6 hours before the alert went out and 176 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-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-08-05Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2013-08-05The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 44 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
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
1233 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
47 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
44 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
122 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

723 
WWUS83 KMPX 050433
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1133 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

MNZ054-050500-
LAC QUI PARLE-
1133 PM CDT SUN AUG 4 2013

AT 1130 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES NORTHWEST OF MADISON...OR 13 MILES NORTHEAST OF
ALBEE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELLINGHAM.
  LOUISBURG.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4524 9638 4523 9626 4523 9622 4520 9617
      4519 9611 4516 9609 4515 9603 4506 9594
      4509 9639
TIME...MOT...LOC 0434Z 271DEG 28KT 4515 9628

$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 5, 1:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin50 min

Nearby

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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.