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 29, 2015, 3:12 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 33 min. 11 reports 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
- Jun 29, 2015, 3:12 PM CDT (20:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 29, 2015, 3:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 33 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 43 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:11 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 3:15 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Otsego, MN | HAIL OCCURRED FOR 10 MINUTES. REPORTED VIA FACEBOOK. |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | 2 Nne Rogers, MN | |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 3 Ssw Elk River, MN | |
| Jun 29, 3:20 PM CDT | HAIL 1.75 | 4 Ssw Elk River, MN | |
| Jun 29, 3:33 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | Rogers, MN | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. |
| Jun 29, 3:45 PM CDT | HAIL 0.5 | Maple Grove, MN | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. |
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Elk River, MN | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. |
| Jun 29, 3:50 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Maple Grove, MN | REPORTED VIA TWITTER. |
| Jun 29, 3:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1.25 | Maple Grove, MN | ALSO REPORTED 3 TO 4 INCH DIAMETER BRANCHES DOWN. HAIL AND BRANCHES DOWN NEAR DALLAS AND BERKSHIRE ROADS. |
| Jun 29, 3:54 PM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Maple Grove, MN | |
| Jun 29, 3:55 PM CDT | HAIL 2 | 5 Nnw Plymouth, MN |
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, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 43 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
- 160 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1297 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 55 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 86 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.4
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
227
WWUS83 KMPX 292012
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
312 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
MNZ051-059-060-292045-
SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-
312 PM CDT MON JUN 29 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN HENNEPIN...EAST
CENTRAL WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN SHERBURNE COUNTIES...
AT 312 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER OTSEGO...OR 15 MILES
NORTHEAST OF BUFFALO...MOVING SOUTH AT 30 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BROOKLYN PARK...PLYMOUTH...MAPLE GROVE...RAMSEY...ELK RIVER...ST.
MICHAEL...OTSEGO...ROGERS...ALBERTVILLE...CORCORAN...MEDINA AND
INDEPENDENCE.
THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 202 AND
219.
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 800 PM CDT FOR
EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.
LAT...LON 4529 9351 4525 9352 4523 9347 4506 9338
4504 9366 4534 9366 4535 9354
TIME...MOT...LOC 2012Z 346DEG 26KT 4529 9359
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 29, 1:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 26 min |
| Jun 29, 3:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 56 min |
| Jun 29, 3:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin | 64 min |
| Jun 29, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Scott | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 5:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 60 min |
| Jun 29, 5:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Chisago, Washington | 58 min |
| Jun 29, 6:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti | 43 min |
| Jun 29, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 47 min |
| Jun 29, 6:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey | 42 min |
| Jun 29, 3:13 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce and 3 more | 6 hr |
| Jun 29, 2:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 38 min |
| Jun 29, 3:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 51 min |
| Jun 29, 3:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 27 min |
| Jun 29, 3:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 25 min |
| Jun 29, 4:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire | 25 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.