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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2016, 5:21 AM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota; Pierce County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 69 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
- Jun 12, 2016, 5:21 AM CDT (10:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 12, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 69 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Washington County, MN, Pierce County, WI
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 80 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:24 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 82 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2466 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -38 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 204 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- -0.0
The text
As transmitted.
062
WWUS83 KMPX 121021
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
521 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
MNZ061>063-078-WIZ023-024-121130-
ANOKA-WASHINGTON-GOODHUE-RAMSEY-ST. CROIX-PIERCE-
521 AM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT WASHINGTON...EAST
CENTRAL ANOKA...NORTHEASTERN GOODHUE...NORTHEASTERN RAMSEY...
SOUTHWESTERN ST. CROIX AND PIERCE COUNTIES UNTIL 630 AM CDT...
AT 520 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM LINO LAKES TO NEAR RIVER FALLS TO
WACOUTA. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 10 MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL IS POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
RED WING...RIVER FALLS...WOODBURY...COON RAPIDS...BLAINE...MAPLEWOOD...
ANDOVER...OAKDALE...SHOREVIEW...WHITE BEAR LAKE...LINO LAKES AND FOREST
LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 128 AND 131.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 249 AND 258.
INTERSTATE 94 IN WISCONSIN BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 19.
U.S. HIGHWAY 61 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 75 AND 99...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 143 AND 161.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
THESE STORMS 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.
TO REPORT SEVERE WEATHER...CONTACT YOUR NEAREST LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. THEY CAN RELAY YOUR REPORT TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
OFFICE IN THE TWIN CITIES.
LAT...LON 4440 9255 4469 9274 4471 9273 4473 9277
4487 9286 4523 9332 4529 9292 4495 9239
4454 9227 4454 9231 4450 9230 4445 9224
4445 9243 4437 9244
TIME...MOT...LOC 1020Z 302DEG 7KT 4518 9311 4487 9267 4455 9247
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 2:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin | 40 min |
| Jun 12, 4:43 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 4 hr |
| Jun 12, 5:06 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 39 min |
| Jun 12, 3:11 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Stevens | 64 min |
| Jun 12, 3:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 42 min |
| Jun 12, 4:29 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 61 min |
| Jun 12, 5:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 5:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Stearns | 57 min |
| Jun 12, 6:40 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 50 min |
| Jun 12, 6:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 4:00 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 60 min |
| Jun 12, 6:56 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 34 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.