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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 4, 2016Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2302 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2016-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 120 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 4, 1:37 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens53 min
Aug 4, 2:08 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd67 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, 5:34 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

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.