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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 10, 20167 counties in Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 10, 2016, 5:34 AM CDT for 7 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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, 5:34 AM CDT (10:34 UTC)
Expired
Jul 10, 2016, 6:30 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Faribault County, MN, Freeborn County, MN, Goodhue County, MN, Martin County, MN, Rice County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 97 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 97 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.

127 
WWUS83 KMPX 101034
SPSMPX

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

MNZ070-076>078-083>085-091>093-101130-
MARTIN-DAKOTA-FREEBORN-GOODHUE-RICE-WASECA-FARIBAULT-BLUE
EARTH-STEELE-LE SUEUR-
534 AM CDT SUN JUL 10 2016

...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT STEELE...MARTIN...
SOUTHERN BLUE EARTH...SOUTHWESTERN DAKOTA...RICE...SOUTHWESTERN
GOODHUE...WASECA...FREEBORN...SOUTHEASTERN LE SUEUR AND FARIBAULT
COUNTIES THROUGH 630 AM CDT...

AT 534 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ELKO NEW MARKET TO ALMA CITY TO NEAR
TRIMONT. MOVEMENT WAS SOUTHEAST AT 45 MPH.

WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
OWATONNA...FARIBAULT...NORTHFIELD...ALBERT LEA...FAIRMONT...WASECA...
LONSDALE...BLUE EARTH...PINE ISLAND...ZUMBROTA...
WELLS AND JANESVILLE.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 2 AND 75.
 INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 82 AND 173.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 144 AND 181.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 33.

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.

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 4351 9485 4371 9485 4385 9448 4385 9437
      4389 9437 4409 9383 4455 9336 4456 9327
      4438 9243 4436 9255 4420 9256 4419 9305
      4361 9306 4349 9345
TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 299DEG 38KT 4461 9333 4405 9374 4373 9481 

$$

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, 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, 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.