Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2016
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
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.
- 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.
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
$$
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, 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, 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
Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2016Every special weather statement in 2016
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.