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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2016, 7:31 AM CDT for 8 counties in Minnesota. It was in force for 59 min. 8 reports 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, 7:31 AM CDT (12:31 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 4, 2016, 8:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 59 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Carver County, MN, Dakota County, MN, Hennepin County, MN, Le Sueur County, MN, Ramsey County, MN, Rice County, MN, Scott County, MN, Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:34 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 4, 7:32 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winsted, MN | TREES DOWN. POWER OUTAGE. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. . |
| Aug 4, 7:36 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 58 | Winsted, MN | . |
| Aug 4, 7:40 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Winsted, MN | LARGE TREE TOPPLED. REPORT VIA SOCIAL MEDIA. |
| Aug 4, 7:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 3 Nne Montrose, MN | LATE REPORT. NUMEROUS 2 FOOT DIAMETER TREES DOWN. |
| Aug 4, 8:00 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Delano, MN | SEVERAL LARGE OAK TREES DOWN, INCLUDING SOME BROKEN OFF 10-15 FEET OFF THE GROUND. |
| Aug 4, 8:05 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | 1 S Greenfield, MN | TEN INCH DIAMETER TREE DOWN JUST SOUTH OF CR 50. |
| Aug 4, 8:07 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Maple Plain, MN | TWO INCH DIAMETER TREE LIMBS DOWN. TIME ESTIMATED FROM RADAR. |
| Aug 4, 8:30 AM CDT | TSTM WND DMG | Maple Grove, MN | TREE LIMBS APPROXIMATELY 2-5 INCHES IN DIAMETER SEVERED. SOME SIDING PEELED OFF SHED. DAMAGE OCCURRED ON EAST FISH LAKE ROAD. |
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 12:00Z, 0.5 hours before the alert went out and 15 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
- 1323 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -94 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 839 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 41 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 214 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 158 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.7
- Supercell composite
- 8.2
The text
As transmitted.
017
WWUS83 KMPX 041231
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
731 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
MNZ058>063-067>070-075>077-041330-
ANOKA-CARVER-DAKOTA-WRIGHT-MEEKER-SCOTT-SIBLEY-WASHINGTON-NICOLLET-
HENNEPIN-RICE-LE SUEUR-RAMSEY-
731 AM CDT THU AUG 4 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT CARVER...WESTERN
DAKOTA...SOUTHERN ANOKA...SOUTHWESTERN WASHINGTON...HENNEPIN...
EASTERN SIBLEY...WRIGHT...EAST CENTRAL MEEKER...SCOTT...NORTHEASTERN
NICOLLET...NORTHWESTERN RICE...RAMSEY AND LE SUEUR COUNTIES...
AT 731 AM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM NEAR DASSEL TO NEAR WINSTED TO MAYER TO
NEAR WACONIA TO NEAR BELLE PLAINE TO NEAR NORSELAND. MOVEMENT WAS
EAST AT 40 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 40 MPH ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...FARIBAULT...NORTHFIELD...BUFFALO...
BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN PARK...PLYMOUTH...EAGAN...WOODBURY...
MAPLE GROVE AND COON RAPIDS.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 58 AND 88.
INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 199 AND 250.
U.S. HIGHWAY 10 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 223 AND 240.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...AND MAY
CAUSE LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
LAT...LON 4436 9415 4464 9397 4479 9394 4490 9398
4492 9401 4497 9401 4497 9412 4509 9447
4528 9381 4521 9336 4512 9299 4491 9292
4430 9326
TIME...MOT...LOC 1231Z 263DEG 36KT 4508 9427 4501 9407 4491 9388 4481
9384 4465 9386 4444 9400
$$
SPDThe 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, 5:34 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, 7:52 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.