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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 2:52 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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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 10, 3:54 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Dawson, MN | LARGE 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.
- 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.
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
$$
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, 2:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens, Swift | 49 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 |
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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.