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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Oct 17, 2016, 5:22 PM CDT for Washington County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 min. 2 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
- Oct 17, 2016, 5:22 PM CDT (22:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 17, 2016, 6:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Washington County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
Open the radar archive at this moment
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 17, 5:30 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Eagan, MN | . |
| Oct 17, 5:42 PM CDT | HAIL 0.75 | Cottage Grove, MN | . |
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, 10.4 hours before the alert went out and 51 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.
555
WWUS83 KMPX 172222
SPSMPX
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
522 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016
MNZ060-062-063-069-070-172300-
SCOTT-WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-HENNEPIN-RAMSEY-
522 PM CDT MON OCT 17 2016
...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WASHINGTON...
SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT...NORTHERN DAKOTA AND
SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTIES THROUGH 600 PM CDT...
AT 522 PM CDT...RADAR INDICATED STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WERE LOCATED
ALONG A LINE EXTENDING FROM EDINA TO SAVAGE TO CREDIT RIVER. MOVEMENT
WAS EAST AT 50 MPH.
WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH AND HALF INCH HAIL ARE POSSIBLE WITH THESE
STORMS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...BLOOMINGTON...EAGAN...WOODBURY...
EDEN PRAIRIE...BURNSVILLE...LAKEVILLE...APPLE VALLEY...EDINA...
MAPLEWOOD AND RICHFIELD.
TORRENTIAL RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THESE STORMS...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 4474 9338 4489 9341 4510 9277 4506 9280
4503 9276 4497 9277 4491 9276 4490 9278
4482 9277 4477 9281 4474 9279 4468 9281
4466 9342
TIME...MOT...LOC 2222Z 257DEG 45KT 4487 9336 4476 9333 4468 9337
$$
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, 5:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 30 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.