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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 20, 2016Scott County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 20, 2016, 12:21 AM CDT for Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 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 20, 2016, 12:21 AM CDT (05:21 UTC)
Expired
Jun 20, 2016, 12:45 AM CDT
In force
24 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Scott County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 22 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.4 hours before the alert went out and 20 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 2016-06-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 616 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-06-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 216 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
616 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-295 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1984 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
216 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
396 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

470 
WWUS83 KMPX 200521
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1221 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

MNZ067>069-200545-
SCOTT-CARVER-SIBLEY-
1221 AM CDT MON JUN 20 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN CARVER...NORTHEASTERN
SIBLEY AND CENTRAL SCOTT COUNTIES THROUGH 1245 AM CDT...

AT 1220 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER GREEN ISLE...OR
25 MILES SOUTHEAST OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
EDEN PRAIRIE...SHAKOPEE...CHASKA...CHANHASSEN...PRIOR LAKE...BELLE PLAINE...
JORDAN...CARVER...COLOGNE...GREEN ISLE...HAMBURG AND MARYSTOWN.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 90 AND 112.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 148.

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.

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 4471 9410 4472 9401 4474 9400 4483 9352
      4480 9351 4480 9348 4460 9332 4460 9405
TIME...MOT...LOC 0520Z 259DEG 44KT 4466 9397 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 19, 7:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope41 min
Jun 19, 7:19 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXChippewa, Lac qui Parle41 min
Jun 19, 7:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns39 min
Jun 19, 7:39 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXSwift36 min
Jun 19, 7:50 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns25 min
Jun 19, 7:55 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXStearns35 min
Jun 19, 8:18 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift27 min
Jun 19, 8:23 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison37 min
Jun 19, 8:30 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns45 min
Jun 19, 8:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs33 min
Jun 19, 8:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Meeker66 min
Jun 19, 9:16 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs29 min
Jun 19, 9:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti34 min
Jun 19, 9:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs42 min
Jun 19, 9:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSherburne37 min
Jun 19, 10:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville24 min
Jun 19, 10:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver31 min
Jun 19, 10:36 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Meeker, Renville39 min
Jun 19, 10:48 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin42 min
Jun 19, 11:12 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright19 min
Jun 19, 11:16 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMcLeod, Nicollet, Renville, Sibley44 min
Jun 19, 11:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka32 min
Jun 20, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca42 min
Jun 19, 11:26 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix49 min
Jun 19, 11:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Polk45 min
Jun 20, 12:29 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBarron, Rusk17 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.