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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 6, 2017Carver County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2017-08-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 72 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 12:00Z on 2017-08-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 7 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
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

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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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 6, 4:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas37 min
Aug 6, 4:50 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin25 min
Aug 6, 5:04 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi26 min
Aug 6, 5:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas17 min
Aug 6, 6:33 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright42 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.