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Special Weather Statement, NWS La Crosse, WI

June 17, 2015Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota

NWS La Crosse, WI issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2015, 1:39 PM CDT for Dodge County, Olmsted County, Minnesota. It was in force for 51 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
Jun 17, 2015, 1:39 PM CDT (18:39 UTC)
Expired
Jun 17, 2015, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
51 min
Issued by
NWS La Crosse, WI

Counties Dodge County, MN, Olmsted County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 108 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:43 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 109 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-06-17Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-06-17The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
3208 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
48 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
238 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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The office that day

Everything else NWS La Crosse, WI issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 17, 3:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXMower47 min
Jun 17, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementARXMower23 min
Jun 17, 6:18 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningARXMower3 hr

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2015Every special weather statement in 2015

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.