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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 10, 2014Renville County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 10, 2014, 2:27 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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 10, 2014, 2:27 PM CDT (19:27 UTC)
Expired: May 10, 2014, 3:15 PM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Renville County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 136 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:28 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 7.5 hours before the alert went out and 246 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: 1908 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 192 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 May 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 32 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, May 10, 1:55 PM CDT, 32 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 1:25 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
125 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
111830-
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-
125 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW OF THESE
STORMS MAY PRODUCE SMALL HAIL OR GUSTY WINDS. THE BEST CHANCE FOR STORMS
IS ACROSS SOUTHWEST AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY FROM SUNDAY THROUGH MONDAY. A FEW OF THE
STORMS OVER SOUTHERN MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN COULD BE
SEVERE SUNDAY NIGHT AND MONDAY. IN ADDITION TO THE THREAT FOR
SEVERE WEATHER...HEAVY RAIN IS ALSO POSSIBLE IN THESE AREAS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED ON SUNDAY.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, May 10, 2:27 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
227 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

MNZ064-065-073-102015-
REDWOOD-RENVILLE-YELLOW MEDICINE-
227 PM CDT SAT MAY 10 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO REDWOOD...RENVILLE AND YELLOW MEDICINE
COUNTIES THROUGH 315 PM CDT...

AT 222 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 11 MILES WEST OF REDWOOD FALLS...OR 12 MILES SOUTHEAST
OF UPPER SIOUX AGENCY. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 50 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  BELVIEW.
  SACRED HEART.
  RENVILLE.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4489 9536 4489 9513 4489 9512 4450 9529
      4452 9542
TIME...MOT...LOC 1927Z 193DEG 25KT 4463 9532

JRB

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
May 10, 4:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	28 min
May 10, 5:05 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Lac qui Parle	55 min
May 10, 6:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Lac qui Parle	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.