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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Oct 17, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 30 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
- Oct 17, 2016, 5:00 PM CDT (22:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 5:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 30 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 67 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -360 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 651 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 53 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -53 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 74 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
407
WWUS83 KMPX 172200
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
500 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016
MNZ060-068-172230-
CARVER-HENNEPIN-
500 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL CARVER AND
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN COUNTIES THROUGH 530 PM CDT...
AT 459 PM CDT...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WAS LOCATED OVER CHASKA...OR 20
MILES SOUTHWEST OF MINNEAPOLIS...MOVING NORTHEAST AT 50 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THIS
STORM.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...BLOOMINGTON...PLYMOUTH...EDEN PRAIRIE...MINNETONKA...
EDINA...ST. LOUIS PARK...SHAKOPEE...RICHFIELD...CHASKA...
CHANHASSEN AND GOLDEN VALLEY.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY CAUSE
LOCALIZED FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED
ROADWAYS.
FREQUENT CLOUD TO GROUND LIGHTNING IS OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM.
LIGHTNING CAN STRIKE 10 MILES AWAY FROM A THUNDERSTORM. SEEK A SAFE
SHELTER INSIDE A BUILDING OR VEHICLE.
LAT...LON 4480 9376 4507 9337 4488 9318 4486 9320
4481 9342 4480 9357 4475 9362 4474 9368
TIME...MOT...LOC 2159Z 235DEG 42KT 4481 9363
$$
JPCThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 5:31 AM CDT | Dense Fog Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Chippewa, Faribault, Freeborn, Kandiyohi and 15 more | 5 hr |
| Oct 17, 5:22 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 38 min |
| Oct 17, 5:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Washington | 33 min |
| Oct 17, 2:30 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 15 min |
| Oct 17, 4:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 63 min |
| Oct 17, 5:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron | 31 min |
| Oct 17, 6:08 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Saint Croix | 52 min |
| Oct 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 37 min |
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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.