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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at May 8, 2018, 6:20 PM CDT for Martin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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
- May 8, 2018, 6:20 PM CDT (23:20 UTC)
- Expired
- May 8, 2018, 7:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Martin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:20 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 12:00Z, 11.3 hours before the alert went out and 345 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1505 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 17 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 43 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 34 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at May 8, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 8, 3:13 PM CDT, 3 hours 7 minutes before
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</html>Hazardous weather outlook, May 8, 12:29 PM CDT, 5 hours 51 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 1229 PM CDT Tue May 8 2018 MNZ047-048-054>057-064-065-067-073>076-082>085-091>093-091730- Stevens-Pope-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-Kandiyohi- Yellow Medicine-Renville-Sibley-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur- Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn- 1229 PM CDT Tue May 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Minnesota...south central Minnesota...southwest Minnesota and west central Minnesota. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight There is a marginal risk for severe storms this afternoon into the evening for west central, southwest, and south central MN. The majority of activity is not expected to be severe, though a few storms capable of producing large hail and damaging winds will be possible, with a small risk of for an isolate tornado as well. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Additional chances for thunderstorms exist Thursday night into Friday morning and again Friday night into Saturday morning. The threat for severe weather is low, though areas of heavy rain and localized flooding will be possible with the activity Thursday night into Friday morning. The greatest risk for heavy rain will be across southern MN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will will be possible later this afternoon and evening. MNZ041>045-049>053-058>063-066-068>070-077-078-WIZ014>016-023>028- 091730- Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stearns-Benton-Sherburne- Isanti-Chisago-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington- McLeod-Carver-Scott-Dakota-Rice-Goodhue-Polk-Barron-Rusk- St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Chippewa-Eau Claire- 1229 PM CDT Tue May 8 2018 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central Minnesota...east central Minnesota...south central Minnesota... southeast Minnesota...west central Minnesota...northwest Wisconsin and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Thunderstorms will be possible this afternoon through tonight. The risk for severe weather is low. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday Additional chances for thunderstorms exist Thursday night into Friday morning and again Friday night into Saturday morning. The threat for severe weather is low, though areas of heavy rain and localized flooding will be possible with the activity Thursday night into Friday morning. The greatest risk for heavy rain will be across southern MN. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, May 8, 6:20 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
620 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2018
MNZ091-090000-
Martin-
620 PM CDT TUE MAY 8 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN MARTIN COUNTY...
At 620 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Okamanpedan
State Park, or 11 miles southwest of Fairmont, moving northeast at 45
mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Fairmont, Ceylon, Iowa Lake, Granada, Fairmont Airport, Imogene and
Wilbert.
This includes Interstate 90 between mile markers 98 and 112.
LAT...LON 4351 9469 4368 9455 4369 9425 4365 9425
4349 9445
TIME...MOT...LOC 2320Z 229DEG 38KT 4349 9458
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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.