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 Aug 6, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 2 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Aug 6, 2015, 11:45 PM CDT (04:45 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 7, 2015, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 04:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 4.8 hours before the alert went out and 66 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
- 583 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -18 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 857 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 30 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 181 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 264 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.2
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
907 WWUS83 KMPX 070445 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1145 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 MNZ049-051-058-059-070645- STEARNS-SHERBURNE-WRIGHT-MEEKER- 1145 PM CDT THU AUG 6 2015 ...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED... VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES... STEARNS...SHERBURNE...WRIGHT...MEEKER... AT 1140 PM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR FLOODING WAS OVER KIMBALL...OR NEAR ST. CLOUD. RAINFALL RATES OF ONE TO TWO INCHES PER HOUR WILL OCCUR IN STREANS...SHERBURNE...WRIGHT AND MEEKER COUNTIES THROUGH 1 AM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... ST. CLOUD...MONTICELLO...BIG LAKE...BECKER...ANNANDALE...MAPLE LAKE...CLEARWATER...EDEN VALLEY...WATKINS...KIMBALL...CLEAR LAKE AND SANTIAGO. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 171 AND 198. U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 184 AND 204. U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 93 AND 97. EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND. LAT...LON 4526 9370 4514 9467 4539 9469 4556 9381 TIME...MOT...LOC 0442Z 270DEG 25KT 4532 9421 $$ JLT
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 8:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 47 min |
| Aug 6, 8:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 2 hr |
| Aug 6, 8:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Nicollet, Waseca | 23 min |
| Aug 6, 9:02 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 43 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.