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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 25, 20144 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 25, 2014, 2:08 AM CDT for 4 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 25, 2014, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Jul 25, 2014, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
52 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Lac qui Parle County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 181 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 183 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 2014-07-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 115 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 2014-07-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 197 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
115 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-814 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1226 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
51 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
197 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
360 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.

013 
WWUS83 KMPX 250708
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014

MNZ047-054>056-064-250800-
CHIPPEWA-LAC QUI PARLE-STEVENS-SWIFT-YELLOW MEDICINE-
208 AM CDT FRI JUL 25 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING INTO CHIPPEWA...LAC QUI 
PARLE...STEVENS...SWIFT AND YELLOW MEDICINE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM 
CDT...

AT 205 AM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM 4 MILES NORTH OF WHEATON TO
LAGOONA BEACH TO 5 MILES WEST OF MORITZ. THESE STORMS WERE MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE...WINDS UP TO 50 MPH...AND FREQUENT LIGHTNING 
ARE EXPECTED WITH THESE STORMS.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE...           
  BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE REFUGE
  FLORIDA CREEK WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT AREA
  FISH LAKE
  MADISON
  DONNELLY
  MORRIS
  CANBY
  APPLETON

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

&&

LAT...LON 4521 9647 4527 9646 4528 9643 4526 9630
      4522 9625 4520 9611 4540 9612 4541 9626
      4576 9625 4577 9577 4542 9575 4541 9569
      4516 9566 4465 9576 4462 9578 4463 9646
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 301DEG 38KT 4586 9646 4535 9646
          4484 9664

$$

JRB

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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.