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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 31, 2014, 3:29 PM CDT for Rusk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 61 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 31, 2014, 3:29 PM CDT (20:29 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 31, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 61 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Rusk County, WI
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:29 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.5 hours before the alert went out and 189 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1559 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 20 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 23 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
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</html>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 31, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 31, 12:42 PM CDT, 2 hours 47 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 31, 11:57 AM CDT, 3 hours 32 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1157 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 MNZ043>045-050>053-060>063-070-078-WIZ014>016-023>028-011200- MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-GOODHUE-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- 1157 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA... NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. A FEW THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS VERY LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT EXPECTED TO BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. MNZ041-042-047>049-054>059-064>069-073>077-082>085-091>093-011200- DOUGLAS-TODD-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY- CARVER-SCOTT-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN- 1157 AM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT. NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS FRIDAY AFTERNOON...AND AGAIN FROM SUNDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Jul 31, 3:29 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 329 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 WIZ015-016-312130- BARRON-RUSK- 329 PM CDT THU JUL 31 2014 ...STRONG THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING OVER BARRON AND RUSK COUNTIES THROUGH 430 PM CDT... AT 327 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG THUNDERSTORM 10 MILES NORTHEAST OF RICE LAKE...OR 13 MILES SOUTH OF EDGEWATER. THIS STORM WAS MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 20 MPH. HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE... MIKANA. WEYERHAEUSER. BRUCE. ISLAND LAKE. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... THIS THUNDERSTORM COULD INTENSIFY QUICKLY...SO BE READY TO ACT IF A WARNING IS ISSUED. STAY TUNED TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO...COMMERCIAL RADIO...OR YOUR LOCAL TELEVISION STATIONS FOR LATER STATEMENTS AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS CONCERNING THIS WEATHER SITUATION. && LAT...LON 4535 9102 4530 9153 4564 9172 4564 9147 TIME...MOT...LOC 2029Z 312DEG 16KT 4555 9154 JPC
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 30, 7:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 38 min |
| Jul 31, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 59 min |
| Jul 31, 5:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Barron, Dunn | 45 min |
| Jul 31, 6:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 38 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.