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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 15, 2019Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 15, 2019, 3:12 AM CDT for Kandiyohi County, Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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: Jun 15, 2019, 3:12 AM CDT (08:12 UTC)
Expired: Jun 15, 2019, 4:00 AM CDT
In force: 48 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Kandiyohi County, MN, Meeker County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 98 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.2 hours before the alert went out and 96 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 672 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -32 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1776 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 29 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 191 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.1
Supercell composite: 2.1

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The text

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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 Jun 14, 11:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 14, 11:10 PM CDT, 4 hours 2 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 14, 3:19 PM CDT, 11 hours 53 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
319 PM CDT Fri Jun 14 2019

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
152030-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-
Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-Chippewa-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-
Yellow Medicine-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-Scott-Dakota-
Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-Watonwan-Blue Earth-
Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-Barron-Rusk-
St. Croix-Pierce-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire-
319 PM CDT Fri Jun 14 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

There is a chance of thunderstorms, mainly across central
Minnesota and west central Wisconsin. A storm or two may briefly
become severe with large hail and damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Saturday through Thursday

There is a chance of thunderstorms Saturday through Sunday, and
again late Tuesday through Thursday. A few strong or severe
storms are possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

Borghoff

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jun 15, 3:12 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jun 14, 8:24 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	51 min
Jun 15, 11:37 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	53 min
Jun 15, 12:21 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Martin, Watonwan	39 min
Jun 15, 12:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	64 min
Jun 15, 1:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Faribault	45 min
Jun 15, 1:34 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Watonwan	41 min
Jun 15, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Blue Earth	39 min
Jun 15, 2:25 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	50 min
Jun 15, 2:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Faribault, Freeborn	60 min
Jun 15, 2:52 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Redwood	53 min
Jun 15, 3:13 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	47 min
Jun 15, 3:26 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Martin	49 min
Jun 15, 3:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Freeborn	44 min
Jun 15, 3:40 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	65 min
Jun 15, 3:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Brown, Watonwan	24 min
Jun 14, 7:17 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pierce	23 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.