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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 3, 2014Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 3, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 50 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: Sep 3, 2014, 3:40 PM CDT (20:40 UTC)
Expired: Sep 3, 2014, 4:30 PM CDT
In force: 50 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 126 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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: 0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL: 1649 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 11 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 67 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.

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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 Sep 3, 1:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 3, 1:16 PM CDT, 2 hours 24 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 3, 1:23 PM CDT, 2 hours 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
123 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
041200-
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-
123 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

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

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT.

SCATTERED TO NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY LATER THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING...ESPECIALLY ALONG AND NORTH OF THE
INTERSTATE 94 CORRIDOR. SOME STORMS WILL BE STRONG TO
SEVERE...WITH SOME THUNDERSTORMS CAPABLE OF PRODUCING LARGE
HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS OR ISOLATED TORNADOES. IN ADDITION...SOME
STORMS WILL PRODUCE HEAVY RAIN WHICH MAY CAUSE ISOLATED FLOODING
AND SOME RISES ON MAINSTEM RIVERS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...THURSDAY THROUGH TUESDAY.

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED AGAIN LATE THURSDAY IN EASTERN
MINNESOTA AND WESTERN WISCONSIN. SEVERE WEATHER IS POSSIBLE.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL LIKELY BE NEEDED LATER THIS
AFTERNOON THROUGH THIS EVENING.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Sep 3, 1:29 PM CDT, 2 hours 11 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 3, 2:04 PM CDT, 1 hour 36 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 2:51 PM CDT, 49 minutes before

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Local storm report, Sep 3, 3:09 PM CDT, 31 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Sep 3, 3:27 PM CDT, 13 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
327 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNZ042-043-032115-
MORRISON-TODD-
327 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER MORRISON AND TODD COUNTIES THROUGH 415
PM CDT...

AT 323 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 4 MILES SOUTHEAST OF LONG PRAIRIE...OR 15 MILES EAST OF
LAKE OSAKIS. THIS STORM WAS MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO NICKEL SIZE AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  LONG PRAIRIE.
  RANDALL.
  CAMP RIPLEY.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FOR EASTERN MORRISON
COUNTY THRUOGH 345 PM CDT.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

RAINFALL AMOUNTS OF 1 TO 2 INCHES ARE POSSIBLE FROM THE
THUNDERSTORM. THIS MAY RESULT IN BRIEF RUNOFF PROBLEMS AND PONDING
OF WATER ON AREA ROADWAYS.

REMEMBER...IF YOU CAN HEAR THUNDER...YOU ARE CLOSE ENOUGH TO THE
STORM TO BE STRUCK BY LIGHTNING. SEEK SAFE SHELTER IMMEDIATELY.

&&

LAT...LON 4629 9433 4627 9433 4623 9438 4616 9436
      4616 9410 4596 9457 4579 9501 4587 9509
      4633 9450 4634 9443
TIME...MOT...LOC 2026Z 240DEG 43KT 4595 9477

Special weather statement, Sep 3, 3:40 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
340 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

MNZ044-045-032130-
KANABEC-MILLE LACS-
340 PM CDT WED SEP 3 2014

...THUNDERSTORMS MOVING OVER KANABEC AND MILLE LACS COUNTIES THROUGH
430 PM CDT...

AT 338 PM CDT...WEATHER SERVICE RADAR WAS TRACKING A STRONG
THUNDERSTORM 7 MILES SOUTHWEST OF ONAMIA. THIS STORM WAS MOVING EAST
AT 50 MPH.

HAIL UP TO DIME SIZE AND HEAVY DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED WITH THIS
STORM.

* LOCATIONS IN OR NEAR THE PATH OF THIS STORM INCLUDE...
  ONAMIA.
  BAYVIEW.
  WAHKON.
  ISLE.
  WARMAN.

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 4615 9304 4598 9305 4595 9377 4598 9377
      4598 9381 4609 9381 4617 9340 4616 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 2040Z 262DEG 42KT 4602 9377

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Sep 3, 5:03 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	42 min
Sep 3, 6:42 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa	2 hr
Sep 3, 6:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:15 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kandiyohi	2 hr
Sep 3, 8:41 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, McLeod, Meeker, Renville	49 min
Sep 3, 9:06 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	McLeod, Renville, Sibley	39 min
Sep 3, 9:42 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod, Sibley	23 min
Sep 3, 10:04 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	26 min
Sep 3, 10:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, McLeod	24 min
Sep 3, 10:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	51 min
Sep 3, 11:15 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Wright	30 min
Sep 3, 11:54 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	36 min
Sep 3, 12:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Benton	47 min
Sep 3, 12:16 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	44 min
Sep 3, 12:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	35 min
Sep 3, 12:49 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sherburne	41 min
Sep 3, 12:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Pope, Stevens	50 min
Sep 3, 1:34 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pope	3 hr
Sep 3, 1:40 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stearns	35 min
Sep 3, 2:04 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	41 min
Sep 3, 2:46 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison, Todd	44 min
Sep 3, 3:14 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Morrison	31 min
Sep 3, 3:27 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	48 min
Sep 3, 4:00 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Mille Lacs	30 min
Sep 3, 4:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	47 min
Sep 3, 4:22 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison	53 min
Sep 3, 4:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Morrison	41 min
Sep 3, 5:02 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kanabec	43 min
Sep 3, 5:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	3 hr
Sep 3, 5:55 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Morrison	3 hr
Sep 3, 5:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs, Morrison	3 hr
Sep 3, 6:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	51 min
Sep 3, 6:36 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Polk	24 min
Sep 3, 6:49 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Polk	26 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.