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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 4, 2016Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 67 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
Aug 4, 2016, 2:08 AM CDT (07:08 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2016, 3:15 AM CDT
In force
67 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Aug 4, 2:50 AM CDTTSTM WND DMGLong Prairie, MNCITY POLICE REPORTED NUMEROUS TREES DOWN IN LONG PRAIRIE, MOSTLY IN THE SOUTH AND NORTHEAST PARTS OF TOWN, AS WELL AS DOWNTOWN. ONE TREE LANDED ON A HOUSE. MATERIAL WAS BLOWN FROM SOME DOWNTOWN ROOFS, DAMAGING ADJACENT BUILDINGS. A SIGN WAS RIPPED OFF A STOREF

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, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2016-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1240 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2016-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -5 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1240 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-91 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1342 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-5 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
39 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
-0.0
Supercell composite
-0.2

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The text

As transmitted.

427 
WWUS83 KMPX 040708
SPSMPX

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
208 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

MNZ041-042-040815-
TODD-DOUGLAS-
208 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH 50 TO 55 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT
TODD AND EASTERN DOUGLAS COUNTIES...

AT 207 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR PARKERS
PRAIRIE...OR 21 MILES NORTH OF ALEXANDRIA...MOVING EAST AT 45 MPH.

WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
ALEXANDRIA...LONG PRAIRIE...STAPLES...BROWERVILLE...CLARISSA...
EAGLE BEND...CARLOS...STAPLES AIRPORT...BERTHA...GREY EAGLE...
HEWITT AND LAKE OSAKIS.

THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
 INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 101 AND 120.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 103 AND 114...AND
BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 118 AND 125.
 U.S. HIGHWAY 71 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 173 AND 219.

LAT...LON 4637 9474 4635 9470 4636 9467 4628 9464
      4578 9465 4578 9513 4576 9514 4576 9544
      4611 9541 4611 9514 4637 9516
TIME...MOT...LOC 0707Z 274DEG 47KT 4620 9524 

$$

JRB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens53 min
Aug 4, 2:33 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison57 min
Aug 4, 2:40 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd50 min
Aug 4, 3:23 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs52 min
Aug 4, 3:46 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs44 min
Aug 4, 5:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine42 min
Aug 4, 5:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright41 min
Aug 4, 5:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXYellow Medicine56 min
Aug 4, 6:02 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXHennepin, Wright28 min
Aug 4, 6:10 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBrown, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine50 min
Aug 4, 6:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington53 min
Aug 4, 7:31 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Rice and 2 more59 min
Aug 4, 7:52 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXCarver, Hennepin, Wright26 min
Aug 4, 8:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka27 min
Aug 4, 8:35 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago25 min
Aug 4, 12:53 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXSteele22 min
Aug 4, 9:01 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce29 min
Aug 4, 9:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin23 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.