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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 19, 2016Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 19, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 26 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.

The facts

Issued
Jun 19, 2016, 5:49 PM CDT (22:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 19, 2016, 6:15 PM CDT
In force
26 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:50 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 19, 6:10 PM CDTHAIL 0.88Morris, MN.

Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.8 hours before the alert went out and 207 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 2016-06-19Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2 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 2016-06-19The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 154 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
2 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-317 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1426 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
41 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
154 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
156 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

664 
WWUS83 KMPX 192249
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
549 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

MNZ047-192315-
STEVENS-
549 PM CDT SUN JUN 19 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN STEVENS COUNTY
THROUGH 615 PM CDT...

AT 548 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR FISH LAKE...OR 8
MILES WEST OF MORRIS...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRIS...DONNELLY...FISH LAKE AND ALBERTA. 

THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 167 AND 177.
 
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.

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.

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 4576 9601 4576 9576 4560 9576 4556 9611
      4565 9618
TIME...MOT...LOC 2248Z 248DEG 32KT 4563 9608 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 5:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWadena32 min
Jun 19, 5:57 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens48 min
Jun 19, 6:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd23 min
Jun 19, 6:30 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXPope30 min
Jun 19, 6:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Todd42 min
Jun 19, 6:42 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift48 min
Jun 19, 6:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd43 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.