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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 2, 2015Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 2, 2015, 8:01 AM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 7 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: Aug 2, 2015, 8:01 AM CDT (13:01 UTC)
Expired: Aug 2, 2015, 9:00 AM CDT
In force: 59 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 183 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:04 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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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
Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Wsw Eagle Bend, MN
Aug 2, 8:27 AM CDT	HAIL 1.5	Wsw Eagle Bend, MN	NEARLY GOLFBALL REPORTED.
Aug 2, 8:30 AM CDT	HAIL 1.75	9 E Miltona, MN
Aug 2, 8:35 AM CDT	HAIL 2	Clotho, MN	SOCIAL MEDIA IMAGE
Aug 2, 8:45 AM CDT	HAIL 1	4 W Long Prairie, MN
Aug 2, 8:51 AM CDT	HAIL 1	4 Sw Long Prairie, MN	MOSTLY DIME SIZED AND NICKEL SIZED
Aug 2, 8:51 AM CDT	HAIL 1	Long Prairie, MN	MOSTLY DIME SIZED AND NICKEL SIZED

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, 1.0 hours before the alert went out and 181 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 938 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -373 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1406 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 33 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 91 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 90 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.

256 
WWUS83 KMPX 021301
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
801 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015
 
MNZ041-042-021400-
DOUGLAS-TODD-
801 AM CDT SUN AUG 2 2015

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT DOUGLAS AND TODD
COUNTIES THROUGH 900 AM CDT...

AT 800 AM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM NEAR VERNDALE TO NEAR CLITHERALL...AND MOVING
SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH
THESE STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...STAPLES...OSAKIS...BROWERVILLE...
CLARISSA...EVANSVILLE...EAGLE BEND...CARLOS...BERTHA...BRANDON AND
SWANVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 84 AND 109.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 108.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 179 AND 219.

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

THESE STORMS 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.

TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.

LAT...LON 4636 9478 4618 9465 4590 9464 4589 9465
      4579 9571 4611 9573 4611 9515 4637 9515
      4637 9492
TIME...MOT...LOC 1300Z 330DEG 39KT 4644 9496 4632 9561 
$$

JPC

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 2, 12:33 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown	27 min
Aug 2, 1:02 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	58 min
Aug 2, 2:00 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Waseca	60 min
Aug 2, 4:20 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	25 min
Aug 2, 8:13 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Douglas, Todd	32 min
Aug 2, 8:40 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Stearns, Todd	37 min
Aug 2, 9:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	23 min
Aug 2, 11:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti, Sherburne	40 min
Aug 2, 12:58 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	62 min
Aug 2, 6:05 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rusk	40 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.