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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 19, 2017, 10:22 PM CDT for Meeker 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 19, 2017, 10:22 PM CDT (03:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 19, 2017, 10:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 23 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 64 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:26 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.4 hours before the alert went out and 61 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
- 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
The text
As transmitted.
794
WWUS83 KMPX 200322
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1022 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
MNZ058-059-200345-
Meeker-Wright-
1022 PM CDT WED JUL 19 2017
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT AND
NORTHEASTERN MEEKER COUNTIES...
At 1022 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Litchfield
Airport, or 18 miles north of Hutchinson, moving east at 45 mph.
Nickel size hail is possible with this storm.
Locations impacted include...
Litchfield, Cokato, Dassel, Forest City, Darwin, Litchfield Airport
and Smith Lake.
This includes U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 96 and 122.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
LAT...LON 4516 9404 4498 9418 4498 9426 4512 9462
4527 9456
TIME...MOT...LOC 0322Z 287DEG 38KT 4515 9448
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 19, 9:19 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Carver, Dakota, Goodhue, Hennepin, Le Sueur, McLeod and 7 more | 6 hr |
| Jul 19, 9:42 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota | 33 min |
| Jul 19, 9:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 29 min |
| Jul 19, 9:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 31 min |
| Jul 19, 10:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 25 min |
| Jul 20, 12:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 79 min |
| Jul 20, 1:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 58 min |
| Jul 20, 12:18 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pierce | 57 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.