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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 12, 2016McLeod County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2016, 8:21 PM CDT for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 54 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, 8:21 PM CDT (01:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2016, 9:15 PM CDT
In force
54 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County McLeod County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 59 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 01:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 1.4 hours before the alert went out and 56 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-13Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 15 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 00:00Z on 2016-06-13The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 375 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
15 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-443 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1181 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
375 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
444 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
1.6

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The text

As transmitted.

561 
WWUS83 KMPX 130121
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
821 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016
 
MNZ059-065>068-130215-
CARVER-SIBLEY-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-WRIGHT-
821 PM CDT SUN JUN 12 2016

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...

A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES
THROUGH 930 PM CDT... 

CARVER...SIBLEY...RENVILLE...MCLEOD...WRIGHT...

AT 819 PM CDT...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WAS ALONG A LINE
EXTENDING FROM COKATO TO HUTCHINSON TO HECTOR MOVING SOUTHEAST AT
25MPH..

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
HUTCHINSON...GLENCOE...MONTROSE...COKATO...WINSTED...HOWARD LAKE...LESTER
PRAIRIE...HECTOR...SILVER LAKE...GIBBON...BROWNTON AND BUFFALO LAKE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 116 AND 129.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 127.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4450 9460 4476 9474 4498 9432 4498 9426
      4505 9426 4519 9413 4499 9385 4464 9408
TIME...MOT...LOC 0119Z 330DEG 21KT 4514 9410 4492 9429 4475 9462 
$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 12, 7:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker, Sherburne, Wright55 min
Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDTAreal Flood WarningMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Stearns3 hr
Jun 12, 8:48 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville28 min
Jun 12, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood37 min
Jun 12, 10:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood, Renville39 min
Jun 13, 2:41 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin49 min
Jun 13, 2:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington32 min
Jun 13, 4:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWashington55 min
Jun 13, 3:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn26 min
Jun 13, 3:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn58 min
Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn51 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.