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 Aug 4, 2016, 2:33 AM CDT for Morrison County, Minnesota. It was in force for 57 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
- Aug 4, 2016, 2:33 AM CDT (07:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 57 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Morrison County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 155 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:35 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.6 hours before the alert went out and 154 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
177
WWUS83 KMPX 040733
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
233 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
MNZ043-040830-
MORRISON-
233 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WITH 50 TO 55 MPH WIND GUSTS WILL AFFECT
MORRISON COUNTY...
AT 233 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR
BROWERVILLE...OR 24 MILES NORTHWEST OF LITTLE FALLS...MOVING EAST AT
45 MPH.
WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
LITTLE FALLS...CROW WING STATE PARK...PIERZ...ROYALTON...MOTLEY...
RANDALL...UPSALA...SWANVILLE...BOWLUS...FLENSBURG...
LASTRUP AND CAMP RIPLEY.
THIS INCLUDES U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 115
AND 157.
LAT...LON 4631 9455 4633 9443 4630 9436 4627 9434
4623 9440 4616 9437 4616 9405 4582 9402
4582 9435 4577 9428 4577 9465 4635 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 0733Z 270DEG 42KT 4614 9483
$$
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 1:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 2:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 67 min |
| Aug 4, 2:40 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Todd | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 3:23 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 52 min |
| Aug 4, 3:46 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Aug 4, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 42 min |
| Aug 4, 5:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 41 min |
| Aug 4, 5:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 56 min |
| Aug 4, 6:02 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 28 min |
| Aug 4, 6:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Brown, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 50 min |
| Aug 4, 6:52 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Ramsey, Washington | 53 min |
| Aug 4, 7:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Le Sueur, Ramsey, Rice and 2 more | 59 min |
| Aug 4, 7:52 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, Wright | 26 min |
| Aug 4, 8:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 27 min |
| Aug 4, 8:35 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago | 25 min |
| Aug 4, 12:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 22 min |
| Aug 4, 9:01 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 29 min |
| Aug 4, 9:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 23 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.