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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 6, 2017, 6:33 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 42 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, 6:33 PM CDT (23:33 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 6, 2017, 7:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 42 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Wright County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 29 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:36 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.6 hours before the alert went out and 27 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.
122 WWUS83 KMPX 062333 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 633 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2017 MNZ059-068-070015- Carver-Wright- 633 PM CDT SUN AUG 6 2017 ...A SHOWER/THUNDERSTORM WITH POSSIBLE FUNNEL CLOUDS WILL AFFECT SOUTH CENTRAL WRIGHT AND NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTIES... At 633 PM CDT, radar indicated a shower/thunderstorm was located over Montrose, or 10 miles south of Buffalo, moving south at 10 mph. Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of funnel clouds with this shower/thunderstorm. Tornadoes are not expected, but would be short-lived and weak if they were to occur. This shower/thunderstorm will be near... Watertown around 710 PM CDT. Other locations impacted by this shower/thunderstorm include Waverly and Hollywood. This includes U.S. Highway 12 between mile markers 127 and 135. LAT...LON 4491 9376 4490 9401 4509 9402 4511 9387 TIME...MOT...LOC 2333Z 344DEG 9KT 4504 9394 $$ BORGHOFF
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 6, 2:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver | 49 min |
| 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 |
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.