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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2014, 3:07 PM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
- Aug 2, 2014, 3:07 PM CDT (20:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 2, 2014, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.1 hours before the alert went out and 156 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
- 97 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -65 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1302 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 9 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
371 WWUS83 KMPX 022007 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 307 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2014 MNZ042-043-022030- MORRISON-TODD- 307 PM CDT SAT AUG 2 2014 AT 305 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED THAT A THUNDERSTORM WAS RAPIDLY DEVELOPING 8 MILES NORTHEAST OF LONG PRAIRIE...OR 17 MILES WEST OF CAMP RIPLEY. THESE STORMS WAS MOVING EAST AT 20 MPH. ONE HALF INCH DIAMETER HAIL AND WINDS UP TO 40 MPH ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS STORM. * LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THESE STORMS INCLUDE... COMMUNITIES BETWEEN LONG PRAIRIE AND RANDALL. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... && LAT...LON 4611 9454 4598 9455 4600 9479 4606 9479 TIME...MOT...LOC 2006Z 275DEG 16KT 4603 9469 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 1, 7:25 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 35 min |
| Aug 2, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 34 min |
| Aug 2, 3:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 37 min |
| Aug 2, 5:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 48 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.