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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 19, 2017Ramsey County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2017, 10:20 PM CDT for Ramsey County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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 19, 2017, 10:20 PM CDT (03:20 UTC)
Expired
Jul 19, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Ramsey County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 44 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.3 hours before the alert went out and 47 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-20Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 14 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2017-07-20The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 186 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
14 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-693 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1310 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
65 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
186 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
251 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

574 
WWUS83 KMPX 200320
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1020 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017

MNZ060-062-063-069-070-200345-
Washington-Dakota-Hennepin-Ramsey-Scott-
1020 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN HENNEPIN...
NORTHWESTERN DAKOTA...NORTHEASTERN SCOTT...SOUTHERN WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHERN RAMSEY COUNTIES...

At 1020 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over South
Minneapolis, or near Minneapolis, moving east at 50 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Minneapolis, St. Paul, Bloomington, Eagan, Woodbury, Eden Prairie,
Burnsville, Minnetonka, Edina, St. Louis Park, Maplewood and
Shakopee.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4493 9348 4503 9278 4493 9275 4491 9276
      4490 9278 4482 9277 4480 9279 4476 9347
TIME...MOT...LOC 0320Z 265DEG 44KT 4491 9325 

$$

ETA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 19, 9:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WatchMPXCarver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod and 7 more6 hr
Jul 19, 9:42 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota33 min
Jul 19, 9:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi29 min
Jul 19, 9:59 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKandiyohi, Meeker31 min
Jul 19, 10:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker23 min
Jul 20, 12:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMartin, Watonwan79 min
Jul 20, 1:02 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFaribault58 min
Jul 20, 12:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce57 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.