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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 2016Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 2:11 AM CDT for Pope County, Stevens County, Swift County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
Jul 10, 2016, 2:11 AM CDT (07:11 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 3:00 AM CDT
In force
49 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 192 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.2 hours before the alert went out and 190 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 2016-07-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 2016-07-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1578 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
32 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
85 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

965 
WWUS83 KMPX 100711
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
211 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

MNZ041-042-047>049-055-057-100800-
TODD-STEARNS-POPE-KANDIYOHI-STEVENS-SWIFT-DOUGLAS-
211 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN STEARNS...
SOUTHWESTERN TODD...STEVENS...SWIFT...SOUTHEASTERN DOUGLAS...
NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI AND POPE COUNTIES THROUGH 300 AM CDT...

AT 210 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR CLOTHO TO NEAR SEDAN TO NEAR COLLIS.
MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 30 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MORRIS...SAUK CENTRE...MELROSE...BENSON...GLENWOOD...STARBUCK...
HANCOCK...BROOTEN...BELGRADE...CHOKIO...GREY EAGLE AND CYRUS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 109 AND 136.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 17 AND 50.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 140 AND 172.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 136 AND 184.

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 THIS STORM.
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 4569 9626 4564 9540 4612 9512 4583 9470
      4528 9499 4523 9610 4524 9612 4541 9612
      4542 9625 4544 9625 4545 9624
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 320DEG 25KT 4599 9508 4557 9533 4563 9637 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 10, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Stevens, Todd32 min
Jul 10, 1:00 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas45 min
Jul 10, 1:33 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd42 min
Jul 10, 2:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Stearns, Swift68 min
Jul 10, 3:22 AM CDTHeat AdvisoryMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine8 hr
Jul 10, 3:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sherburne, Wright62 min
Jul 10, 5:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice, Steele and 1 more56 min
Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns26 min
Jul 10, 6:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns41 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.