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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 14, 2014Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 14, 2014, 7:13 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 14, 2014, 7:13 PM CDT (00:13 UTC)
Expired
Jun 14, 2014, 8:00 PM CDT
In force
47 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 14, 7:23 PM CDTHAIL 0.75New London, MNDIME SIZED HAIL REPORTED

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.2 hours before the alert went out and 120 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, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-15Temperature 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°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2014-06-15The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 297 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
1095 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
34 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
297 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
389 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.

815 
WWUS83 KMPX 150013
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
713 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

MNZ049-057-150100-
KANDIYOHI-STEARNS-
713 PM CDT SAT JUN 14 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER KANDIYOHI AND STEARNS COUNTIES THROUGH 
800 PM CDT...

AT 709 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 8 MILES SOUTHEAST OF SIBLEY STATE PARK. THIS STORM WAS
MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 30 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH
THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  GREEN LAKE.
  HAWICK.
  GEORGEVILLE.
  REGAL.
  LAKE HENRY.
  SPRING HILL.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4561 9492 4560 9459 4515 9488 4521 9509
TIME...MOT...LOC 0013Z 208DEG 30KT 4525 9491

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 14, 7:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver31 min
Jun 14, 7:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi81 min
Jun 14, 7:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey, Washington40 min
Jun 14, 8:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Stearns113 min
Jun 14, 8:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood46 min
Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver48 hr
Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXHennepin, Wright18 days
Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXRedwood13 days
Jun 15, 10:13 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXStearns9 days

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.