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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 12, 2014Chippewa County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 12, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 112 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: Jul 12, 2014, 3:23 PM CDT (20:23 UTC)
Expired: Jul 12, 2014, 5:15 PM CDT
In force: 112 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Chippewa County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 145 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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: 1241 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 690 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 7 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 46 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 0.8

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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 Jul 12, 3:08 PM CDT, 15 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 12, 3:08 PM CDT, 15 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 12, 11:56 AM CDT, 3 hours 27 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1156 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
131700-
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-
1156 AM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THIS
EVENING... ESPECIALLY SOUTH OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO
HUTCHINSON TO THE TWIN CITIES IN MINNESOTA... TO LADYSMITH
WISCONSIN. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT ANTICIPATED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 1:44 PM CDT, 1 hour 39 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
144 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

MNZ062-063-121915-
RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
144 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER RAMSEY AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES THROUGH
215 PM CDT...

AT 141 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF MAPLEWOOD. THIS STORM WAS MOVING
EAST AT 20 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LANDFALL.
  LAKE ELMO.
  LAKE ELMO AIRPORT.
  LAKELAND.
  BAYPORT.

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 4505 9280 4503 9276 4497 9277 4495 9275
      4492 9276 4490 9304 4492 9306 4496 9306
      4507 9281
TIME...MOT...LOC 1844Z 252DEG 19KT 4495 9295

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:17 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
217 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

WIZ015-016-122115-
BARRON-RUSK-
217 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE AREA...

AT 217 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SLOWLY MOVING
EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WERE OCCURRING... WITH ESTIMATED TOTALS OF OVER AN INCH SINCE 1 PM.
ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT
OF THE AREA... WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS... AS
WELL AS URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PEOPLE IN BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER
SITUATION CLOSELY AND EXERCISE APPROPRIATE CAUTION.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4539 9090 4529 9127 4529 9154 4521 9155
      4521 9215 4547 9215 4564 9184 4564 9091

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:19 PM CDT, 1 hour 4 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
219 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

WIZ015-122000-
BARRON-
219 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER BARRON COUNTY THROUGH 300 PM CDT...

AT 218 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 9 MILES SOUTH OF BARRON...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF
TURTLE LAKE. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST AT 25 MPH.

PEA SIZE HAIL AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  HILLSDALE.
  DALLAS.
  CHETEK.

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 4521 9167 4520 9168 4521 9198 4536 9198
      4538 9154 4523 9155 4521 9154
TIME...MOT...LOC 1920Z 270DEG 20KT 4527 9185

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 2:45 PM CDT, 38 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
245 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

MNZ063-WIZ014-023-024-122145-
PIERCE-POLK-ST. CROIX-WASHINGTON-
245 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY IN THE AREA...

AT 245 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SLOWLY MOVING
EAST ACROSS THE AREA. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WERE OCCURRING... WITH ESTIMATED TOTALS OF OVER AN INCH AND A HALF
SINCE 1 PM. ADDITIONAL RAINFALL IS EXPECTED BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN
OR MOVE OUT OF THE AREA... WHICH WILL LEAD TO FLOODING OF SMALL
STREAMS... AS WELL AS URBANIZED AND POOR DRAINAGE AREAS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN PIERCE...SOUTHEASTERN POLK...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON
AND ST. CROIX COUNTIES...SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION CLOSELY
AND EXERCISE APPROPRIATE CAUTION.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4474 9264 4475 9285 4478 9289 4478 9294
      4476 9296 4478 9302 4481 9300 4486 9301
      4492 9288 4508 9285 4535 9216 4468 9213

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:00 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

WIZ024-025-122100-
DUNN-PIERCE-
300 PM CDT SAT JUL 12 2014

...LOCALIZED FLOODING IS LIKELY IN NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY...

AT 255 PM CDT...THUNDERSTORMS WITH HEAVY RAINFALL WERE SLOWLY MOVING
EAST INTO DUNN COUNTY. RAINFALL RATES IN EXCESS OF 2 INCHES PER HOUR
WERE OCCURRING...WITH ESTIMATED TOTALS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES OVER ST.
CROIX COUNTY. SIMILAR RAINFALL AMOUNTS ARE EXPECTED IN DUNN COUNTY
BEFORE THE STORMS WEAKEN OR MOVE OUT OF THE AREA...WHICH WILL LEAD
TO FLOODING OF SMALL STREAMS...AS WELL AS URBANIZED AND POOR
DRAINAGE AREAS.

PEOPLE IN NORTHERN DUNN COUNTY SHOULD MONITOR THE WEATHER SITUATION
CLOSELY AND EXERCISE APPROPRIATE CAUTION.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND
STREAMS...COUNTRY ROADS...AND FARMLAND ALONG THE BANKS OF CREEKS AND
STREAMS.

&&

LAT...LON 4478 9168 4473 9213 4512 9213 4512 9215
      4521 9215 4521 9167 4514 9167 4512 9165
      4499 9165 4479 9165

Special weather statement, Jul 12, 3:23 PM 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
Jul 12, 7:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	55 min
Jul 12, 7:26 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	64 min
Jul 12, 8:06 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Yellow Medicine	114 min
Jul 12, 8:08 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	112 min
Jul 12, 8:38 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Renville	2 hr
Jul 12, 9:19 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	116 min
Jul 12, 10:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Redwood	2 hr
Jul 12, 11:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	117 min
Jul 12, 11:51 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	24 min
Jul 12, 12:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	112 min
Jul 12, 12:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	38 min
Jul 12, 1:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	114 min
Jul 12, 1:44 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Washington	31 min
Jul 12, 2:17 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Rusk	118 min
Jul 12, 2:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	41 min
Jul 12, 2:45 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	2 hr
Jul 12, 3:00 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dunn	60 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.