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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 6, 2015Chippewa County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 6, 2015, 5:32 PM CDT for Chippewa County, Minnesota. It was in force for 43 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 6, 2015, 5:32 PM CDT (22:32 UTC)
Expired
Jun 6, 2015, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
43 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Chippewa County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 146 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 237 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 42 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-06-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 29 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
42 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1110 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
29 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
63 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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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement 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 special weather statement went out at Jun 6, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 6, 4:26 PM CDT, 1 hour 6 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 6, 3:58 PM CDT, 1 hour 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015

MNZ042>045-049>053-058>063-066>070-075>078-083>085-092-093-
WIZ014>016-023>028-072100-
TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEARNS-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-
CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-MCLEOD-
SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-
BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-
ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 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...THROUGH TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE EXPECTED TONIGHT. AREAS EAST OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO MANKATO AND ALBERT LEA WILL HAVE LOCALLY STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS. THE MAIN THREAT WILL BE VERY HEAVY RAINFALL WITH
LOCALIZED FLOODING. SMALL HAIL AND GUSTY WINDS WILL ALSO ACCOMPANY
THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION IS NOT LIKELY EAST OF ALEXANDRIA TO
ALBERT LEA.

MNZ041-047-048-054>057-064-065-073-074-082-091-072100-
DOUGLAS-STEVENS-POPE-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-
YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-REDWOOD-BROWN-WATONWAN-MARTIN-
358 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA AND
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...THROUGH TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS ARE LIKELY THIS EVENING. AREAS WEST OF A LINE FROM
ALEXANDRIA TO MANKATO TO ALBERT LEA WILL HAVE LOCALLY STRONG OR
SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. LARGE HAIL...DAMAGING WINDS AND TORRENTIAL
RAINFALL WILL ACCOMPANY THE STRONGEST STORMS.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SUNDAY THROUGH FRIDAY

THUNDERSTORMS ARE AGAIN POSSIBLE FOR THE SECOND HALF OF NEXT
WEEK.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION MAY BE NEEDED LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING WEST OF A LINE FROM MONTEVIDEO TO REDWOOD FALLS AND
FAIRMONT.

JLT

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 6, 5:32 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
532 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015

MNZ055>057-062315-
KANDIYOHI-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-
532 PM CDT SAT JUN 6 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN KANDIYOHI...NORTHEASTERN
CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTIES...

AT 531 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR GLUEK...OR 11 MILES
NORTHEAST OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLMAR...RAYMOND...KERKHOVEN...MURDOCK...PENNOCK...SUNBURG...
PRIAM...GLUEK AND WILLMAR AIRPORT.

TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO AND
TV STATIONS...AS WELL AS LOCAL CABLE TV OUTLETS...FOR ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL MIDNIGHT CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4495 9558 4508 9569 4538 9520 4503 9493
TIME...MOT...LOC 2231Z 243DEG 32KT 4505 9553

DWE

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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.