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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 12, 7:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Sherburne, Wright | 55 min |
| Jun 12, 8:00 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Stearns | 3 hr |
| Jun 12, 8:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 28 min |
| Jun 12, 9:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 37 min |
| Jun 12, 10:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood, Renville | 39 min |
| Jun 13, 2:41 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 49 min |
| Jun 13, 2:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 32 min |
| Jun 13, 4:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 55 min |
| Jun 13, 3:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 26 min |
| Jun 13, 3:47 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 58 min |
| Jun 13, 5:24 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 51 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.