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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 7, 2014Dakota County, Minnesota; Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 7, 2014, 6:47 AM CDT for Dakota County, Minnesota; Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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: Jun 7, 2014, 6:47 AM CDT (11:47 UTC)
Expired: Jun 7, 2014, 7:30 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Dakota County, MN, Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 56 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.8 hours before the alert went out and 59 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: 185 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1751 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 2 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 56 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 Jun 7, 5:58 AM CDT, 49 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 7, 5:58 AM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 7, 3:34 AM CDT, 3 hours 13 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
334 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
080900-
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-
334 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

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

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED THROUGH THIS
AFTERNOON. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. HOWEVER...SOME
THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY RAINFALL.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE SUNDAY NIGHT INTO MONDAY...AND AGAIN
WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER
REMAINS LOW...BUT SOME THUNDERSTORMS MAY CONTAIN LOCALLY HEAVY
RAINFALL. ANY ADDITIONAL HEAVY RAINFALL WILL AGGRAVATE THE
ALREADY HIGH RIVER LEVELS.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THROUGH
TONIGHT.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 5:50 AM CDT, 57 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
550 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

MNZ062-063-070-071115-
DAKOTA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
550 AM CDT SAT JUN 7 2014

...HEAVY RAIN AND SMALL HAIL EXPECTED OVER DAKOTA...RAMSEY AND
WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH 615 AM CDT...

AT 548 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES EAST OF EAGAN. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST
AT 30 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE IS EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM ALONG WITH BRIEF
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WHICH MAY CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN LOW LYING
AREAS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ST PAUL PARK.
  COTTAGE GROVE.
  ST PAUL BATTLECREEK REGIONAL PARK.
  WOODBURY.
  AFTON.
  LAKE ELMO AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 4471 9311 4502 9299 4498 9277 4495 9275
      4493 9275 4467 9295
TIME...MOT...LOC 1049Z 220DEG 26KT 4481 9300

Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:40 AM CDT, 7 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jun 7, 6:47 AM 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
Jun 6, 10:14 PM CDT	River Flood Warning	MPX	Wright	45 hr
Jun 7, 5:50 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	25 min
Jun 7, 6:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice, Waseca	50 min
Jun 7, 7:27 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Washington	2 hr
Jun 7, 7:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice, Waseca	119 min
Jun 7, 7:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Hennepin, Ramsey	2 hr
Jun 7, 8:10 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn, Rusk	2 hr
Jun 7, 10:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk	117 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2014 Special Weather Statements in Wisconsin, 2014 Every special weather statement in 2014

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.