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, 5:18 AM CDT for Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 5:18 AM CDT (10:18 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 6:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 10.3 hours before the alert went out and 173 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
- 2302 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -91 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1405 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 120 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 338 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 1.1
- Supercell composite
- 19.5
The text
As transmitted.
184 WWUS83 KMPX 041018 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 518 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 MNZ054-064-041100- LAC QUI PARLE-YELLOW MEDICINE- 518 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN YELLOW MEDICINE AND SOUTH CENTRAL LAC QUI PARLE COUNTIES... AT 518 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED NEAR HENDRICKS...OR 16 MILES SOUTHEAST OF CLEAR LAKE...MOVING EAST AT 50 MPH. WIND GUSTS OF 50 TO 55 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. THIS STORM WILL BE NEAR... CANBY AROUND 530 AM CDT. PORTER AROUND 535 AM CDT. OTHER LOCATIONS IMPACTED BY THIS STORM INCLUDE ST. LEO...SPRING CREEK... BURR AND PROVIDENCE. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... U.S. HIGHWAY 75 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 95 AND 98. U.S. HIGHWAY 59 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 87 AND 90. LAT...LON 4478 9645 4492 9599 4463 9576 4463 9645 TIME...MOT...LOC 1018Z 247DEG 44KT 4458 9643 $$ BORGHOFF
The 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, 2:33 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 57 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, 5:34 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.