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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

May 28, 2017Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 28, 2017, 4:23 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 22 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
May 28, 2017, 4:23 PM CDT (21:23 UTC)
Expired
May 28, 2017, 4:45 PM CDT
In force
22 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 34 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:23 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.4 hours before the alert went out and 35 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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-05-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-05-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 49 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1182 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
39 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
49 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

105 
WWUS83 KMPX 282123
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

MNZ060>062-282145-
Anoka-Hennepin-Ramsey-
423 PM CDT SUN MAY 28 2017

...SHOWERS WITH GUSTY WINDS WILL AFFECT NORTHERN 
HENNEPIN...SOUTHEASTERN ANOKA AND NORTHWESTERN RAMSEY COUNTIES...

At 422 PM CDT, showers were located over northern Hennepin County, 
moving east at 30 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
Brooklyn Park, Plymouth, Maple Grove, Coon Rapids, Blaine, 
Maplewood, Roseville, Brooklyn Center, Fridley and Shoreview.

This includes Interstate 94 in Minnesota near mile marker 205.
 
LAT...LON 4516 9309 4497 9308 4504 9345 4510 9365
      4520 9363 4522 9361
TIME...MOT...LOC 2122Z 281DEG 28KT 4506 9337 

$$

ETA

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
May 28, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti47 min
May 28, 5:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Douglas, Kandiyohi, Pope, Renville58 min
May 28, 6:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec53 min
May 28, 6:24 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver36 min
May 28, 6:31 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Todd29 min
May 28, 6:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Stearns41 min
May 28, 6:52 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Sibley38 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.