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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 18, 2014Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 18, 2014, 11:21 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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 18, 2014, 11:21 PM CDT (04:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2014, 12:15 AM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Lac qui Parle County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 171 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 175 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 2014-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1475 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 2014-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 147 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1475 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1398 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
147 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
228 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.7
Supercell composite
7.6

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The text

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

739 
WWUS83 KMPX 190421
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1121 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

MNZ047-054>056-190515-
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-
1121 PM CDT WED JUN 18 2014

AT 1119 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 3 MILES WEST OF MADISON...OR 15 MILES EAST OF ALBEE.
THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTH AT 30 MPH.

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

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  MADISON.
  CERRO GORDO.
  BELLINGHAM.
  LOUISBURG.
  BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE.
  APPLETON.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

SEEK SHELTER AND STAY AWAY FROM WINDOWS UNTIL THE STORM HAS PASSED.

A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR THE AREA.

&&

LAT...LON 4528 9644 4526 9640 4526 9630 4522 9625
      4520 9611 4540 9612 4541 9626 4551 9624
      4551 9574 4493 9608 4493 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0421Z 197DEG 27KT 4503 9625

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 18, 9:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood38 min
Jun 18, 9:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine39 min
Jun 18, 10:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown50 min
Jun 18, 10:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood40 min
Jun 18, 10:40 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine35 min
Jun 18, 10:44 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXYellow Medicine8 hr
Jun 18, 10:45 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXRedwood, Yellow Medicine30 min
Jun 18, 11:10 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine50 min
Jun 18, 11:34 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXCarver12 days
Jun 18, 11:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown52 min
Jun 18, 11:47 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXRedwood4 hr
Jun 19, 1:05 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Sibley55 min
Jun 19, 3:28 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington2 hr
Jun 19, 6:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott113 min
Jun 19, 6:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville43 min
Jun 19, 7:06 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXHennepin6 hr
Jun 19, 7:35 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXBrown, Carver, Chippewa, Le Sueur, McLeod, Nicollet and 6 more3 days
Jun 19, 7:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle70 min
Jun 19, 7:56 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXScott3 days
Jun 19, 8:07 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle53 min
Jun 19, 8:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift54 min
Jun 19, 8:45 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Chisago, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin and 4 more3 days
Jun 19, 9:06 AM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:08 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:35 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Le Sueur, Scott, Sibley6 hr
Jun 19, 9:53 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXDakota, Hennepin, Ramsey4 hr
Jun 19, 10:22 AM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey4 hr
Jun 19, 10:45 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Dakota and 16 more2 hr
Jun 19, 11:47 AM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWright11 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington16 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXDakota, Washington17 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue14 days
Jun 19, 12:07 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXGoodhue14 days
Jun 19, 12:11 PM CDTRiver Flood WarningMPXWashington11 days
Jun 19, 2:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Martin, Watonwan60 min
Jun 19, 4:10 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXPope, Swift35 min
Jun 19, 4:15 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens45 min
Jun 19, 4:40 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXChippewa, Renville35 min
Jun 19, 4:42 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXSwift48 min
Jun 19, 4:53 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXDouglas, Pope52 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.