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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 18, 2019Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 18, 2019, 2:04 AM CDT for Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 41 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: Jul 18, 2019, 2:04 AM CDT (07:04 UTC)
Expired: Jul 18, 2019, 2:45 AM CDT
In force: 41 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 127 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 07:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 127 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: 353 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -324 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1188 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 45 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 86 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 141 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 1.0

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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 Jul 17, 11:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 17, 11:07 PM CDT, 2 hours 57 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 18, 1:35 AM CDT, 29 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
135 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
190645-
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-
135 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Through 6 AM, the main weather hazard will be locally torrential
rainfall, especially in the flash flood watch area.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Friday through Wednesday

A Heat Advisory is in effect Thursday afternoon through Friday
for south central and east central Minnesota into west central
Wisconsin. Heat indices both days will reach 100 to 105 during the
afternoon.

There is a chance for additional thunderstorms from late Thursday
though the weekend, with a few severe storms possible over that
time period along with locally heavy rainfall.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 18, 2:04 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019

MNZ092-180745-
Faribault-
204 AM CDT Thu Jul 18 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN FARIBAULT COUNTY...

At 203 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Easton, or 26
miles west of Albert Lea, moving northeast at 40 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and dime size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Wells, Minnesota Lake, Easton, Frost, Brush Creek and Baroda.

This includes Interstate 90 between mile markers 125 and 140.

Torrential rainfall is also occurring with this storm, and may cause
localized flooding. Do not drive your vehicle through flooded
roadways.

LAT...LON 4371 9406 4385 9384 4385 9382 4370 9364
      4368 9365 4355 9393
TIME...MOT...LOC 0703Z 236DEG 36KT 4368 9390

JLT

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 18, 3:31 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur	29 min
Jul 18, 4:11 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota, Scott	34 min
Jul 18, 4:18 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope, Stevens	27 min
Jul 18, 4:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Scott	17 min
Jul 18, 4:44 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pope	31 min
Jul 18, 4:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns, Swift	25 min
Jul 18, 5:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Blue Earth, Faribault, Waseca	31 min
Jul 18, 6:35 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Martin	25 min
Jul 18, 6:37 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Waseca	23 min
Jul 18, 6:58 PM CDT	Tornado Warning	MPX	Faribault, Martin	32 min
Jul 18, 4:48 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	27 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2019 Every special weather statement in 2019

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.