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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Apr 7, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 7, 2015, 2:08 PM CDT (19:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 7, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 2:25 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Hartland, MN | PHOTO OF QUARTER SIZE HAIL RECEIVED VIA TWITTER. TIME OF EVENT ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 118 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
- 1 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 546 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 45 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 126 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 239 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
165
WWUS83 KMPX 071908
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
MNZ083>085-092-093-072000-
FARIBAULT-WASECA-BLUE EARTH-FREEBORN-STEELE-
208 PM CDT TUE APR 7 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN STEELE...
SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH...NORTHEASTERN FARIBAULT...NORTHERN FREEBORN
AND SOUTHERN WASECA COUNTIES THROUGH 3 PM CDT...
AT 208 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BARODA...OR 14 MILES
WEST OF ALBERT LEA...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.
HALF INCH HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WELLS...NEW RICHLAND...CLARKS GROVE...ELLENDALE...MINNESOTA LAKE...
ALDEN...GENEVA...HARTLAND...FREEBORN...WALDORF...OTISCO AND LEMOND.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4361 9370 4369 9380 4377 9384 4386 9391
4395 9377 4399 9334 4384 9305
TIME...MOT...LOC 1908Z 217DEG 29KT 4370 9365
$$The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 7, 1:12 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Faribault, Martin, Watonwan | 63 min |
| Apr 7, 1:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 34 min |
| Apr 7, 1:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 46 min |
| Apr 7, 2:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Steele | 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.