Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2017
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 4, 2017, 7:07 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 23 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
- Jul 4, 2017, 7:07 PM CDT (00:07 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 4, 2017, 7:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Pope County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 148 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:10 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.1 hours before the alert went out and 145 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
- 1981 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -7 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1379 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 20 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 96 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
918
WWUS83 KMPX 050007
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
707 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2017
MNZ048-049-057-050030-
Kandiyohi-Stearns-Pope-
707 PM CDT TUE JUL 4 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN POPE...WEST CENTRAL
STEARNS AND NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
At 707 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Gilchrist, or
24 miles northwest of Willmar, moving northeast at 5 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and dime size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Brooten, Gilchrist and Sedan.
This storm may intensify, so be certain to monitor local radio
stations and available television stations for additional information
and possible warnings from the National Weather Service.
LAT...LON 4558 9531 4556 9513 4554 9503 4535 9508
4538 9526 4541 9526 4541 9541
TIME...MOT...LOC 0007Z 213DEG 5KT 4545 9526
$$
BORGHOFFThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 4, 7:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 37 min |
| Jul 4, 7:19 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Renville | 41 min |
| Jul 4, 7:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 4, 8:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa | 45 min |
| Jul 4, 9:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 50 min |
| Jul 4, 9:31 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn | 44 min |
| Jul 4, 10:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 55 min |
| Jul 4, 11:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 31 min |
| Jul 4, 11:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 53 min |
| Jul 5, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 40 min |
| Jul 5, 12:08 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 52 min |
| Jul 5, 2:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 39 min |
| Jul 5, 8:17 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 43 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.