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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 4, 2018Mille Lacs County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 4, 2018, 12:41 AM CDT for Mille Lacs County, Minnesota. It was in force for 34 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 4, 2018, 12:41 AM CDT (05:41 UTC)
Expired
Aug 4, 2018, 1:15 AM CDT
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Mille Lacs County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 102 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:44 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 5.7 hours before the alert went out and 102 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-04Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3195 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 00:00Z on 2018-08-04The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 164 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
3195 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-10 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1086 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
164 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
230 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
3.0
Supercell composite
17.5

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The text

As transmitted.

446 
WWUS83 KMPX 040541
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1241 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2018

MNZ044-045-052-040615-
Isanti-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-
1241 AM CDT SAT AUG 4 2018

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN
KANABEC...SOUTHERN MILLE LACS AND NORTHWESTERN ISANTI COUNTIES...

At 1240 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Milaca, or
22 miles northwest of Cambridge, moving east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Milaca, Foreston, Ogilvie, Bock, Pease and Lewis Lake. 

This includes U.S. Highway 169 between mile markers 187 and 198.
 
LAT...LON 4570 9333 4568 9368 4575 9377 4578 9377
      4584 9371 4591 9340
TIME...MOT...LOC 0540Z 254DEG 21KT 4575 9359 

$$

AMK

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 3, 7:02 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStearns, Wright43 min
Aug 3, 7:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXBenton, Mille Lacs, Sherburne, Wright27 min
Aug 3, 7:41 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRenville49 min
Aug 3, 10:19 PM CDTFlash Flood WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns3 hr
Aug 4, 12:05 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti25 min
Aug 4, 12:17 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington28 min
Aug 4, 12:43 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti32 min
Aug 4, 1:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec30 min
Aug 4, 12:58 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk32 min
Aug 4, 1:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron26 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.