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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 25, 2016Brown County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 25, 2016, 7:37 AM CDT for Brown County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
May 25, 2016, 7:37 AM CDT (12:37 UTC)
Expired
May 25, 2016, 8:15 AM CDT
In force
38 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Brown County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:41 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 112 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 452 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, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2016-05-25The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
452 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-107 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
27 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
80 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

875 
WWUS83 KMPX 251237
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
737 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

MNZ074-075-251315-
BROWN-NICOLLET-
737 AM CDT WED MAY 25 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL BROWN AND NORTHWESTERN
NICOLLET COUNTIES...

AT 737 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR SLEEPY EYE...OR
15 MILES SOUTHWEST OF NEW ULM...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 40 MPH.

WIND GUSTS UP TO 50 MPH AND NICKEL SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ULM...SLEEPY EYE...LAFAYETTE...EVAN...COBDEN...ESSIG AND ST GEORGE. 

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 83 AND 100.
 
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.

LAT...LON 4415 9488 4446 9480 4445 9438 4411 9470
      4411 9474
TIME...MOT...LOC 1237Z 205DEG 33KT 4421 9476 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 24, 7:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Scott, Sibley45 min
May 25, 2:58 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXNicollet, Renville, Sibley47 min
May 25, 3:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd44 min
May 25, 3:30 PM CDTTornado Warning Tornado observedMPXStearns, Todd45 min
May 25, 3:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker41 min
May 25, 3:52 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd38 min
May 25, 3:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley50 min
May 25, 4:29 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXTodd46 min
May 25, 5:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison59 min
May 25, 5:29 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd61 min
May 25, 5:40 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXMorrison35 min
May 25, 6:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison44 min
May 25, 2:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk59 min
May 25, 4:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire60 min
May 25, 4:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire24 min
May 25, 4:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Eau Claire53 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.