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Fire Weather Watch 7, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 12, 201517 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this fire weather watch at Apr 12, 2015, 2:54 PM CDT for 17 counties in Minnesota. It took effect at Apr 13, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT. It was in force for .

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Apr 12, 2015, 2:54 PM CDT (19:54 UTC)
In effect from
Apr 13, 2015, 1:00 PM CDT
Expired
Apr 13, 2015, 2:17 AM CDT
In force
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Chippewa County, MN, Douglas County, MN, Kanabec County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN, Morrison County, MN, Pope County, MN, Redwood County, MN, Renville County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN, Todd County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2015-04-12Temperature 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 2015-04-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 152 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1575 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
152 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
177 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this fire weather watch 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 fire weather watch went out at Apr 12, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Apr 12, 1:52 PM CDT, 1 hour 2 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 12, 12:52 PM CDT, 2 hours 2 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1252 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

MNZ051>053-059>063-066>070-075>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-131800-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-
MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-
BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
1252 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL
WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF MINNESOTA AND WESTERN
WISCONSIN LATE THIS AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STORM OR TWO COULD
BECOME STRONG TO SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ041>045-047>050-054>058-064-065-073-074-131800-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-
1252 PM CDT SUN APR 12 2015

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

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY ACROSS MOST OF MINNESOTA LATE THIS
AFTERNOON AND EVENING. A STORM OR TWO COULD BECOME STRONG TO
SEVERE.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...MONDAY THROUGH SATURDAY

CRITICAL FIRE WEATHER CONDITIONS ARE POSSIBLE MONDAY AND TUESDAY
IN MINNESOTA.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 12, 4:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns46 min
Apr 12, 4:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs33 min
Apr 12, 4:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns37 min
Apr 12, 5:27 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker33 min
Apr 12, 5:38 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne37 min
Apr 12, 5:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne24 min
Apr 12, 6:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne29 min
Apr 12, 6:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver32 min
Apr 12, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti26 min
Apr 12, 6:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka32 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.