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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 2015Goodhue County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT for Goodhue County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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 28, 2015, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2015, 3:30 PM CDT
In force
30 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Goodhue County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 96 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 99 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 2015-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 120 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 2015-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 110 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
120 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-75 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
866 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
149 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.

565 
WWUS83 KMPX 282000
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015
 
MNZ078-WIZ024-282030-
GOODHUE-PIERCE-
300 PM CDT SUN JUN 28 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE AND SOUTH
CENTRAL PIERCE COUNTIES...

AT 259 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER WACOUTA...OR NEAR RED
WING...MOVING SOUTH AT 15 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS 
STORM. THERE HAS ALSO BEEN SOME SIGNS OF ROTATION WITH THIS STORM. 
FUNNEL CLOUDS MAY BE POSSIBLE.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED WING...BAY CITY...FRONTENAC...WACOUTA...ESDAILE...FRONTENAC STATE
PARK...HAGER CITY AND RED WING AIRPORT.

LAT...LON 4444 9262 4464 9256 4461 9232 4445 9232
      4445 9243 4439 9243 4439 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1959Z 002DEG 14KT 4453 9243 
$$

CLF

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 27, 8:55 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle80 min
Jun 27, 9:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns46 min
Jun 27, 9:22 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas53 min
Jun 27, 9:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Sherburne40 min
Jun 27, 9:52 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens53 min
Jun 27, 9:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope47 min
Jun 27, 10:01 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXYellow Medicine29 min
Jun 27, 10:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs28 min
Jun 27, 10:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa37 min
Jun 27, 10:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope44 min
Jun 27, 10:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift46 min
Jun 27, 10:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine58 min
Jun 27, 11:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood36 min
Jun 28, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth26 min
Jun 28, 3:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin, Ramsey42 min
Jun 28, 4:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXScott32 min
Jun 28, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur29 min
Jun 28, 6:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDunn28 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.