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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 28, 2015Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 28, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT for 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
Jul 28, 2015, 3:21 AM CDT (08:21 UTC)
Expired
Jul 28, 2015, 3:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Yellow Medicine County, MN

The radar

The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 159 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:25 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.4 hours before the alert went out and 179 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1098 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2015-07-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 18 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
1098 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1045 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
22 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
18 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.2
Supercell composite
1.5

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

121 
WWUS83 KMPX 280821
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
321 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015
 
MNZ054-056-064-280845-
YELLOW MEDICINE-LAC QUI PARLE-CHIPPEWA-
321 AM CDT TUE JUL 28 2015

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL YELLOW MEDICINE...
NORTHWESTERN CHIPPEWA AND SOUTHEASTERN LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES...

AT 321 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS OVER BOYD...OR 13 MILES
SOUTHWEST OF MONTEVIDEO...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MONTEVIDEO...DAWSON...CLARKFIELD...MILAN...WATSON...BOYD AND
MONTEVIDEO AIRPORT.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 22 AND 37.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 99 AND 107.

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

LAT...LON 4469 9590 4478 9612 4511 9591 4512 9553
TIME...MOT...LOC 0821Z 209DEG 44KT 4483 9594 
$$

JLT

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 28, 3:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLac qui Parle, Stevens, Yellow Medicine58 min
Jul 28, 4:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Pope, Redwood and 2 more23 min
Jul 28, 4:55 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, McLeod, Meeker, Sherburne, Sibley, Stearns and 1 more65 min
Jul 28, 5:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Isanti, Mille Lacs, Ramsey and 1 more57 min
Jul 28, 6:21 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott, Washington54 min
Jul 28, 6:25 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs35 min
Jul 28, 6:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice, Steele, Waseca61 min
Jul 28, 7:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue55 min
Jul 28, 7:12 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce, Saint Croix63 min
Jul 28, 7:47 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin58 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.