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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 20165 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 2:52 AM CDT for 5 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 68 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
Jul 10, 2016, 2:52 AM CDT (07:52 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 4:00 AM CDT
In force
68 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Lac qui Parle County, MN, Stearns County, MN, Swift County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 161 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jul 10, 3:54 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGDawson, MNLARGE TREES UPROOTED OR SNAPPED ABOVE GROUND LEVEL. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR.

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 00:00Z, 7.9 hours before the alert went out and 159 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.

137 
WWUS83 KMPX 100752
SPSMPX

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

MNZ042-043-049-050-054>058-100900-
BENTON-MEEKER-CHIPPEWA-TODD-MORRISON-STEARNS-LAC QUI
PARLE-KANDIYOHI-SWIFT-
252 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT STEARNS...SOUTHEASTERN
TODD...NORTHWESTERN MEEKER...SOUTHEASTERN SWIFT...LAC QUI PARLE...
SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON...KANDIYOHI...NORTHWESTERN BENTON AND CHIPPEWA
COUNTIES THROUGH 400 AM CDT...

AT 251 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR LONG PRAIRIE TO NEAR BELGRADE TO
NEAR NASSAU. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 25 MPH.

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

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
WILLMAR...LITTLE FALLS...MONTEVIDEO...ST. JOSEPH...SAUK CENTRE...COLD
SPRING...MELROSE...LONG PRAIRIE...COLLEGEVILLE...BENSON...ALBANY AND
ROCKVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 126 AND 162.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 149 AND 163.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 41 AND 90...AND NEAR MILE MARKER
92.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 212 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 40.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 96 AND 119.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 8 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 6.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 105 AND 107.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 119 AND 172...AND BETWEEN MILE
MARKERS 179 AND 183.

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.

A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 500 AM CDT FOR
WEST CENTRAL AND CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

LAT...LON 4509 9645 4542 9524 4542 9513 4606 9481
      4588 9415 4521 9445 4489 9567 4491 9572
      4493 9573 4489 9575 4489 9584 4485 9585
      4482 9594 4481 9645
TIME...MOT...LOC 0751Z 299DEG 22KT 4596 9475 4542 9502 4507 9635 

$$

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, 2:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope, Stevens, Swift49 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

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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.