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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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
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
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 12:43 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Stevens, Todd | 32 min |
| Jul 10, 1:00 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas | 45 min |
| Jul 10, 1:33 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Stevens, Todd | 42 min |
| Jul 10, 2:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Lac qui Parle, Stearns, Swift | 68 min |
| Jul 10, 3:22 AM CDT | Heat Advisory | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 8 hr |
| Jul 10, 3:58 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sherburne, Wright | 62 min |
| Jul 10, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Martin, Rice, Steele and 1 more | 56 min |
| Jul 10, 6:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 26 min |
| Jul 10, 6:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stearns | 41 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.