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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 2:41 PM CDT for Carver County, Minnesota. It was in force for 49 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
- Aug 6, 2017, 2:41 PM CDT (19:41 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 3:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 49 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Carver County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 26 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:40 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.7 hours before the alert went out and 24 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
- 72 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -47 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1230 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 7 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -2 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
657 WWUS83 KMPX 061941 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 241 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2017 MNZ067>069-062030- Carver-Sibley-Scott- 241 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2017 ...A LINE OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN SIBLEY... SOUTHWESTERN SCOTT AND SOUTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTIES... At 240 PM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Mn Valley State Rec Area to Green Isle. Movement was southeast at 15 mph. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of funnel clouds, and one or more funnel clouds have been observed with these storms. Tornadoes are not expected, but would be short-lived and weak if they were to occur. Locations impacted include... Belle Plaine, Jordan, Green Isle and Mn Valley State Rec Area. Funnel clouds from these showers and thunderstorms could briefly touch down as weak tornadoes. People in the effected area should remain inside a sturdy structure until the showers and thunderstorms pass. LAT...LON 4464 9354 4458 9391 4470 9410 4475 9368 TIME...MOT...LOC 1940Z 292DEG 13KT 4470 9370 4466 9399 $$ DWE
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 4:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 37 min |
| Aug 6, 4:50 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 25 min |
| Aug 6, 5:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 26 min |
| Aug 6, 5:28 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 17 min |
| Aug 6, 6:33 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 42 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.