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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 12, 2017Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 12, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 12, 2017, 3:00 PM CDT (20:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 12, 2017, 3:45 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 141 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 20:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 140 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 2017-06-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-06-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -73 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1135 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
35 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-73 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
43 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

773 
WWUS83 KMPX 122000
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
300 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2017

MNZ091-092-122045-
Martin-Faribault-
300 PM CDT MON JUN 12 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FARIBAULT AND SOUTHEASTERN
MARTIN COUNTIES...

At 300 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near East Chain, or
14 miles southeast of Fairmont, moving northeast at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Blue Earth, Wells, Winnebago, Minnesota Lake, Elmore, Easton, Frost,
Delavan, East Chain, Brush Creek, Huntley and Baroda.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 90 between mile markers 111 and 135.
 U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 1 and 25.

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.

A severe thunderstorm watch remains in effect until 700 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4352 9438 4385 9416 4385 9365 4373 9365
      4350 9404 4350 9434
TIME...MOT...LOC 2000Z 222DEG 31KT 4353 9422 

$$

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 10:59 PM CDTDense Fog AdvisoryMPXAnoka, Benton, Brown, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago and 24 more9 hr
Jun 12, 8:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth27 min
Jun 12, 9:10 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWaseca35 min
Jun 12, 10:42 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele33 min
Jun 12, 11:11 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin49 min
Jun 12, 11:34 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth56 min
Jun 12, 11:48 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn57 min
Jun 12, 11:57 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan33 min
Jun 12, 12:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Brown46 min
Jun 12, 12:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault44 min
Jun 12, 12:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth48 min
Jun 12, 12:54 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBlue Earth, Waseca36 min
Jun 12, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn51 min
Jun 12, 1:24 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRice, Steele, Waseca36 min
Jun 12, 1:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur, Rice26 min
Jun 12, 1:51 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue, Rice39 min
Jun 12, 2:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSteele18 min
Jun 12, 3:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn46 min
Jun 11, 9:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk29 min
Jun 11, 9:45 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire45 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.