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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 3, 2015Chippewa County, Swift County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 3, 2015, 9:21 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Swift County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 3, 2015, 9:21 AM CDT (14:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 3, 2015, 9:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Swift County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 167 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.4 hours before the alert went out and 164 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 2015-06-03Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 5 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2015-06-03The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 271 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
5 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-410 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
854 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
21 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
271 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
235 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.

955 
WWUS83 KMPX 031421
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
921 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015
 
MNZ054>056-064-031445-
YELLOW MEDICINE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
921 AM CDT WED JUN 3 2015

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

YELLOW MEDICINE...LAC QUI PARLE...SWIFT...CHIPPEWA...

AT 920 AM CDT...NUMEROUS THUNDERSTORMS WITH VERY HEAVY RAIN WERE 
OCCURRING ACROSS THE AREA.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...BENSON...CLARKFIELD...HANLEY FALLS...WATSON...BOYD...
HAGEN...DE GRAFF...SPRING CREEK...HAZEL RUN...SPELLMAN LAKE AND
MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4509 9586 4529 9571 4542 9547 4541 9545
      4541 9533 4528 9539 4507 9553 4463 9564
      4463 9602 4464 9603
TIME...MOT...LOC 1420Z 180DEG 0KT 4474 9585 
$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 3, 7:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville47 min
Jun 3, 8:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle36 min
Jun 3, 8:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine38 min
Jun 3, 8:44 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi31 min
Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville36 min
Jun 3, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift29 min
Jun 3, 9:13 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns32 min
Jun 3, 9:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns86 min
Jun 3, 9:24 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue36 min
Jun 3, 9:38 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison37 min
Jun 3, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton42 min

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.