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 11, 2016, 11:21 AM CDT for Benton County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 24 min. 2 reports 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 11, 2016, 11:21 AM CDT (16:21 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2016, 11:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 24 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Benton County, MN, Stearns County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 16:22 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 11:40 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sartell, MN | RELAYED VIA BENTON COUNTY EMERGENCY MANAGER. |
| Jul 11, 11:48 AM CDT | HAIL 0.88 | Sartell, MN | OCCURRED NEAR INTERSECTION OF PINECONE ROAD AND 2 1/2 STREET. REPORTED VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
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 12:00Z, 4.4 hours before the alert went out and 101 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
- 1818 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -153 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 882 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 226 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 235 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.5
The text
As transmitted.
764
WWUS83 KMPX 111621
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
1121 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
MNZ043-049>051-111645-
BENTON-SHERBURNE-MORRISON-STEARNS-
1121 AM CDT MON JUL 11 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT STEARNS...NORTHWESTERN
SHERBURNE...SOUTHERN MORRISON AND BENTON COUNTIES...
AT 1120 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR ST WENDEL TO NEAR REGAL. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 35 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ST. CLOUD...SAUK RAPIDS...WAITE PARK...ST. JOSEPH...BECKER...
COLD SPRING...MELROSE...COLLEGEVILLE...FOLEY...ALBANY...
ROCKVILLE AND CLEARWATER.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL WITH RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2 INCHES PER HOUR...
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.
LAT...LON 4572 9376 4539 9383 4539 9401 4542 9404
4539 9407 4540 9477 4542 9480 4542 9513
4564 9499 4578 9473 4577 9465 4580 9464
4589 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 1620Z 260DEG 28KT 4570 9441 4540 9480
$$
DWEThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 2:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 74 min |
| Jul 11, 3:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope, Stevens | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 3:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 61 min |
| Jul 11, 4:20 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 4:24 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 6:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 85 min |
| Jul 11, 7:37 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 113 min |
| Jul 11, 9:22 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Swift | 6 hr |
| Jul 11, 9:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Morrison, Redwood, Renville, Stearns, Todd | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 10:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, McLeod, Meeker, Mille Lacs | 71 min |
| Jul 11, 11:35 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 29 min |
| Jul 11, 12:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 1:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs, Morrison | 37 min |
| Jul 11, 1:52 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 11, 1:56 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 2:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 3:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti, Sherburne | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 4:43 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Isanti | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 5:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 5:13 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:40 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 35 min |
| Jul 11, 5:56 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 34 min |
| Jul 11, 6:02 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 6:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Morrison | 17 min |
| Jul 11, 6:19 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 26 min |
| Jul 11, 6:43 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Stearns | 32 min |
| Jul 11, 5:51 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Polk | 27 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.