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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2019Wright County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2019, 12:30 PM CDT for Wright County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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 27, 2019, 12:30 PM CDT (17:30 UTC)
Expired
Aug 27, 2019, 1:15 PM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Wright County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 40 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:30 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.5 hours before the alert went out and 40 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 12:00Z on 2019-08-27Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 31 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2019-08-27The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 31 square meters per square second.1939587897117136Sfc1 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
31 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-168 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1396 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
31 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
50 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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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 Aug 27, 5:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 5:03 AM CDT, 7 hours 27 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 11:45 AM CDT, 45 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1145 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
281100-
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-
1145 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019

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

.DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight

Isolated to scattered thunderstorms will be possible this
afternoon into early evening. There is a Marginal Risk for severe
thunderstorms in east central Minnesota through west central
Wisconsin. The main hazards are large hail and damaging winds.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

Due to the isolated nature of the severe weather today, SKYWARN
spotter activation is not expected.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDT, 2 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:30 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Aug 26, 7:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXIsanti, Kanabec35 min
Aug 26, 7:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka46 min
Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka47 min
Aug 27, 12:46 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXWright44 min
Aug 27, 12:47 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns43 min
Aug 27, 12:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod39 min
Aug 27, 1:05 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs40 min
Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStearns36 min
Aug 27, 1:12 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXScott33 min
Aug 27, 1:14 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec16 min
Aug 27, 1:19 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka41 min
Aug 27, 1:31 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley59 min
Aug 27, 1:33 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXWashington21 min
Aug 27, 1:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota36 min
Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington37 min
Aug 27, 1:58 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDakota32 min
Aug 27, 2:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka39 min
Aug 27, 2:18 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue42 min
Aug 27, 2:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey, Washington39 min
Aug 27, 2:54 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice36 min
Aug 27, 1:07 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix38 min
Aug 27, 2:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron44 min
Aug 27, 2:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPierce52 min
Aug 27, 2:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSaint Croix55 min
Aug 27, 3:21 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Dunn39 min
Aug 27, 3:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBarron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk61 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2019Every 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.