Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2015
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 3, 7:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 47 min |
| Jun 3, 8:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 8:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jun 3, 8:44 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 31 min |
| Jun 3, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 29 min |
| Jun 3, 9:13 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 32 min |
| Jun 3, 9:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 86 min |
| Jun 3, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 36 min |
| Jun 3, 9:38 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 37 min |
| Jun 3, 11:48 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 42 min |
Nearby
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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.