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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 9, 2015Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-08-09Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 57 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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, Aberdeen, SD at 12:00Z on 2015-08-09The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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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 
$$

ADL

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 8, 8:40 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas35 min
Aug 8, 9:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope27 min
Aug 8, 10:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens29 min
Aug 8, 10:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison27 min
Aug 9, 12:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison28 min
Aug 9, 10:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi28 min
Aug 9, 10:51 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi24 min
Aug 9, 11:17 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi28 min
Aug 9, 11:31 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker, Renville44 min
Aug 9, 12:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod39 min
Aug 9, 2:02 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Hennepin118 min
Aug 9, 2:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Polk35 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.