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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Apr 21, 2016, 3:46 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 44 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
- Apr 21, 2016, 3:46 PM CDT (20:46 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 21, 2016, 4:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 44 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:48 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.8 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 11 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -141 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 657 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 1 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 36 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Apr 21, 12:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Apr 21, 12:07 PM CDT, 3 hours 39 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, Apr 21, 12:12 PM CDT, 3 hours 34 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 1212 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 221715- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA- REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH- WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-EAU CLAIRE- 1212 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY THERE IS A CHANCE OF THUNDERSTORMS SATURDAY NIGHT THROUGH SUNDAY NIGHT...AND TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY. SEVERE WEATHER IS NOT EXPECTED. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:21 PM CDT, 25 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 321 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 MNZ044-045-050>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093- WIZ014>016-023>028-212230- MILLE LACS-KANABEC-BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT- HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER- SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE- WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK- BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...PRINCETON...MORA...FOLEY...ELK RIVER... CAMBRIDGE...CENTER CITY...LITCHFIELD...MONTICELLO...MINNEAPOLIS... BLAINE...ST PAUL...STILLWATER...OLIVIA...HUTCHINSON...GAYLORD... CHASKA...SHAKOPEE...HASTINGS...REDWOOD FALLS...NEW ULM... ST PETER...LE SUEUR...FARIBAULT...RED WING...ST JAMES...MANKATO... WASECA...OWATONNA...FAIRMONT...BLUE EARTH...ALBERT LEA... OSCEOLA...RICE LAKE...LADYSMITH...HUDSON...RIVER FALLS... PRESCOTT...MENOMONIE...DURAND...CHIPPEWA FALLS...EAU CLAIRE 321 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016 WIDELY SCATTERED SHOWERS WILL AFFECT MUCH OF CENTRAL AND SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN THIS AFTERNOON. ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS WILL BE CONDUCIVE TO THE POTENTIAL FOR BRIEF HIGH LEVEL FUNNEL CLOUDS WITH THESE SHOWERS THIS AFTERNOON. HOWEVER...THESE FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE NOT EXPECTED TO TOUCH DOWN.
Special weather statement, Apr 21, 3:46 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
346 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016
MNZ082-212130-
WATONWAN-
346 PM CDT THU APR 21 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN WATONWAN COUNTY...
AT 344 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER SVEADAHL...OR 21
MILES NORTHEAST OF WINDOM...MOVING SOUTHEAST AT 15 MPH.
FUNNEL CLOUDS ARE ALSO POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM AS THEY HAVE
BEEN REPORTED IN MCLEOD COUNTY IN THE PAST HOUR.
PEA SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. JAMES...BUTTERFIELD...SOUTH BRANCH...ODIN...SVEADAHL AND ECHOLS.
THIS STORM MAY INTENSIFY...SO BE CERTAIN TO MONITOR LOCAL RADIO
STATIONS AND AVAILABLE TELEVISION STATIONS FOR ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
AND POSSIBLE WARNINGS FROM THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
LAT...LON 4385 9480 4400 9486 4402 9486 4411 9467
4411 9461 4385 9453
TIME...MOT...LOC 2044Z 325DEG 11KT 4403 9474
JLTThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 21, 3:54 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Watonwan | 51 min |
| Apr 21, 4:15 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 45 min |
| Apr 21, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 24 min |
| Apr 21, 4:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 5:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 22 min |
| Apr 21, 5:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 27 min |
| Apr 21, 5:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 26 min |
| Apr 21, 5:55 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Scott | 35 min |
| Apr 21, 6:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Nicollet | 29 min |
| Apr 21, 6:02 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 28 min |
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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.