Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2018
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 3, 2018, 12:02 PM CDT for Kanabec County, Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 28 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 3, 2018, 12:02 PM CDT (17:02 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 3, 2018, 12:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 28 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Kanabec County, MN, Mille Lacs County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 130 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.0 hours before the alert went out and 133 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
- 42 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -626 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 955 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 28 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 186 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 260 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 4.6
The text
As transmitted.
188
WWUS83 KMPX 031702
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1202 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2018
MNZ043>045-031730-
Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-
1202 PM CDT FRI AUG 3 2018
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT KANABEC...NORTHERN MILLE LACS
AND EAST CENTRAL MORRISON COUNTIES...
At 1201 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Hillman, or 18
miles southwest of Mille Lacs Lake, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Mille Lacs Lake, Mora, Onamia, Isle, Ogilvie, Wahkon, Grasston,
Quamba, Lastrup, Vineland, Knife Lake and Hillman.
This includes U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 203 and 227.
Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.
Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.
If you are on or near Mille Lacs, get out of the water and move
indoors or inside a vehicle. Remember, lightning can strike out to
10 miles from the parent thunderstorm. If you can hear thunder, you
are close enough to be struck by lightning. Move to safe shelter
now! Do not be caught on the water in a thunderstorm.
LAT...LON 4605 9306 4598 9306 4598 9314 4576 9315
4603 9406 4616 9399 4616 9381 4621 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1701Z 290DEG 30KT 4607 9385
$$
ETAThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:37 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 38 min |
| Aug 3, 7:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 8:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Wright | 48 min |
| Aug 3, 8:51 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Ramsey | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 8:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 9:10 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Hennepin, Scott | 35 min |
| Aug 3, 9:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Washington | 36 min |
| Aug 3, 9:43 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue, Washington | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 10:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 11:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 24 min |
| Aug 3, 1:09 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 51 min |
| Aug 3, 2:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 32 min |
| Aug 3, 4:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 39 min |
| Aug 3, 4:32 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 43 min |
| Aug 3, 4:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle | 49 min |
| Aug 3, 5:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Lac qui Parle, Pope, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 34 min |
| Aug 3, 6:04 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift | 41 min |
| Aug 3, 6:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 47 min |
| Aug 3, 6:34 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 9:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 10:12 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 33 min |
| Aug 3, 10:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dunn | 29 min |
| Aug 3, 10:47 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 28 min |
| Aug 3, 11:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 11:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 26 min |
| Aug 3, 11:45 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 30 min |
| Aug 3, 11:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 26 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.