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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 22, 2016, 6:51 AM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued.
The facts
- Issued
- Sep 22, 2016, 6:51 AM CDT (11:51 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 22, 2016, 9:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Watonwan County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 111 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:51 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 110 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
- 144 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 641 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 428 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 596 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 11.6
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 22, 6:01 AM CDT, 50 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 22, 6:01 AM CDT, 50 minutes before
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HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN 458 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 MNZ067-069-070-074>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ024-026-028-231000- SIBLEY-SCOTT-DAKOTA-BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN- BLUE EARTH-WASECA-STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-PIERCE-PEPIN- EAU CLAIRE- 458 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA... SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT HEAVY RAIN AND FLASH FLOODING CONTINUE TO BE THE MAIN CONCERN. THERE IS POTENTIAL FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE TO TWO INCHES OF RAIN THROUGH TONIGHT OVER ALREADY VERY SATURATED SOILS. A FLASH FLOOD WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT OVER PORTIONS OF SOUTHERN AND SOUTHEASTERN MINNESOTA INTO SOUTHWESTERN WISCONSIN. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH COULD PROLONG THE FLOODING RISK. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT. MNZ041>045-047>066-068-073-WIZ014>016-023-025-027-231000- DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS- BENTON-SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA- KANDIYOHI-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-WASHINGTON- YELLOW MEDICINE-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-CARVER-REDWOOD-POLK-BARRON-RUSK- ST. CROIX-DUNN- 458 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016 THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN. .DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT ISOLATED TO SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH TONIGHT. THE POTENTIAL FOR SEVERE WEATHER IS LOW. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY SEVERAL ADDITIONAL INCHES OF RAIN ARE POSSIBLE THROUGH THE WEEKEND WHICH COULD PROLONG THE FLOODING RISK. WHILE THUNDERSTORMS ARE CERTAINLY POSSIBLE...THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED THROUGH TONIGHT.
In the hours before
Local storm report, Sep 22, 1:58 AM CDT, 4 hours 53 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
158 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0151 AM FLASH FLOOD WASECA 44.08N 93.50W
09/22/2016 WASECA MN LAW ENFORCEMENT
MANY INUNDATED ROADS WITH STALLED VEHICLES
IN WASECA. ASSISTANCE TO MOTORISTS AND A FEW
HOMES HAVE BEEN EVACUATED. 8.72" OF RAIN HAS
FALLEN TONIGHT SO FAR.
&&
SPDSpecial weather statement, Sep 22, 2:21 AM CDT, 4 hours 30 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
221 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
MNZ075>077-083-221015-
NICOLLET-RICE-BLUE EARTH-LE SUEUR-
221 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
NICOLLET...RICE...BLUE EARTH...LE SUEUR...
AT 217 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH LOCALIZED FLOODING WAS
OCCURRING IN MANKATO AND PORTIONS OF LE SUEUR AND RICE COUNTIES. 2
TO 4 INCHES OF RAINFALL HAS OCCURRED IN THESE AREAS AND MINOR
FLOODING HAS BEEN REPORTED.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MANKATO...FARIBAULT...NORTHFIELD...NORTH MANKATO...ST. PETER...
LONSDALE...MONTGOMERY...LE CENTER...EAGLE LAKE...WATERVILLE...
DUNDAS AND MADISON LAKE.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 35 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 57 AND 70.
U.S. HIGHWAY 14 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 124 AND 141.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 49 AND 67.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4407 9408 4429 9414 4451 9334 4436 9305
4419 9365 4420 9376 4416 9377
TIME...MOT...LOC 0717Z 180DEG 0KT 4423 9393
FRANKSSpecial weather statement, Sep 22, 2:29 AM CDT, 4 hours 22 minutes before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
229 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
MNZ083-091-092-221030-
MARTIN-FARIBAULT-BLUE EARTH-
229 AM CDT THU SEP 22 2016
...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...
VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...
MARTIN...FARIBAULT...BLUE EARTH...
AT 227 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WAS OVER BLUE EARTH...AMBOY AND WINNEBAGO.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BLUE EARTH...LAKE CRYSTAL...WINNEBAGO...ELMORE...GOOD THUNDER...
AMBOY...BRICELYN...VERNON CENTER...FROST...GARDEN CITY...
JUDSON AND GRANADA.
THIS INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING HIGHWAYS...
INTERSTATE 90 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 108 AND 128.
U.S. HIGHWAY 169 BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 1 AND 48.
DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.
LAT...LON 4426 9437 4417 9411 4403 9405 4374 9407
4350 9367 4350 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 0727Z 240DEG 0KT 4378 9422
FRANKSLocal storm report, Sep 22, 6:27 AM CDT, 24 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 7:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Wright | 30 min |
| Sep 21, 8:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 50 min |
| Sep 21, 8:24 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey | 3 hr |
| Sep 21, 10:07 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Goodhue, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 7 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:11 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin | 5 hr |
| Sep 21, 11:21 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 39 min |
| Sep 22, 12:23 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 4 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 2:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth | 3 hr |
| Sep 22, 3:59 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue and 9 more | 7 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:48 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Goodhue, Le Sueur, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 24 hr |
| Sep 22, 4:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 70 hr |
| Sep 22, 10:57 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 43 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:12 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 7:36 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | MPX | Dunn, Saint Croix | 4 hr |
| Sep 21, 9:03 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 4 days |
| Sep 22, 5:33 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire | 24 hr |
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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.