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, 5:34 AM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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, 5:34 AM CDT (10:34 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 6:15 AM CDT
- In force
- 41 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 46 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 6:10 AM CDT | HAIL 1 | 5 W Rockford, MN | LASTED 5 MINUTES. |
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, 10.6 hours before the alert went out and 44 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.
853 WWUS83 KMPX 041034 SPSMPX SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 534 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 MNZ058-059-041115- MEEKER-WRIGHT- 534 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT WESTERN WRIGHT AND SOUTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTIES... AT 534 AM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER DASSEL...OR 12 MILES NORTH OF HUTCHINSON...MOVING EAST AT 35 MPH. WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND DIME SIZE HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS STORM. LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE... BUFFALO...DELANO...MONTROSE...COKATO...MAPLE LAKE...HOWARD LAKE... DASSEL...WAVERLY...FRENCH LAKE...SILVER CREEK... DARWIN AND BUFFALO AIRPORT. THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS... INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA NEAR MILE MARKER 189. U.S. HIGHWAY 12 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 107 AND 139. TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS. LAT...LON 4500 9377 4498 9442 4512 9442 4534 9387 TIME...MOT...LOC 1034Z 256DEG 30KT 4507 9429 $$ 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, 5:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 42 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.