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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 9, 2015, 8:04 AM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 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
- Aug 9, 2015, 8:04 AM CDT (13:04 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 9, 2015, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 26 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 164 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 13:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 1.1 hours before the alert went out and 163 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
- 57 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -195 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1506 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 35 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 17 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 85 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
895
WWUS83 KMPX 091304
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
MNZ054-091330-
LAC QUI PARLE-
804 AM CDT SUN AUG 9 2015
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN LAC QUI PARLE
COUNTY...
AT 803 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS NEAR MILBANK...MOVING EAST
AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BELLINGHAM...MARIETTA...NASSAU AND BIG STONE NATIONAL WILDLIFE
REFUGE.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115 AND 127.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 15 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4527 9645 4527 9642 4525 9640 4526 9638
4525 9629 4522 9627 4521 9622 4496 9629
4495 9631 4498 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 1303Z 282DEG 31KT 4519 9670
$$
ADLThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 8:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 9:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 29 min |
| Aug 8, 10:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 27 min |
| Aug 9, 12:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 10:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 10:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 24 min |
| Aug 9, 11:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 28 min |
| Aug 9, 11:31 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville | 44 min |
| Aug 9, 12:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 39 min |
| Aug 9, 2:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 118 min |
| Aug 9, 2:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk | 35 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.