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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 7, 2014, 2:59 AM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
- May 7, 2014, 2:59 AM CDT (07:59 UTC)
- Expired
- May 7, 2014, 3:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Martin County, MN
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 147 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
- 2079 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 73 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 278 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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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 May 7, 1:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 7, 1:05 AM CDT, 1 hour 54 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 7, 2:59 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 259 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 MNZ091-070845- MARTIN- 259 AM CDT WED MAY 7 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER MARTIN COUNTY THROUGH 345 AM CDT... AT 257 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTH OF FAIRMONT. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST 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... WILBERT. FAIRMONT. GRANADA. LAT...LON 4375 9445 4374 9426 4354 9425 4354 9466 TIME...MOT...LOC 0759Z 220DEG 15KT 4359 9446
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
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| May 7, 4:18 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 27 min |
| May 7, 4:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin | 24 min |
| May 7, 5:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Waseca | 27 min |
| May 7, 6:04 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele | 41 min |
| May 7, 1:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 36 min |
| May 7, 2:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 64 min |
| May 7, 6:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 36 min |
| May 7, 6:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan | 53 min |
| May 7, 8:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 41 min |
| May 7, 8:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 49 min |
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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.