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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2019Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2019, 1:09 PM CDT for Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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, 1:09 PM CDT (18:09 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2019, 1:45 PM CDT
In force: 36 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 94 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:11 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 93 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: 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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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 Aug 27, 5:03 AM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 5:03 AM CDT, 8 hours 6 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 11:45 AM CDT, 1 hour 24 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, 12:46 PM CDT, 23 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:47 PM CDT, 22 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 12:51 PM CDT, 18 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:05 PM CDT, 4 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:07 PM CDT, 2 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
107 PM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019

MNZ063-WIZ023-271845-
Washington-St. Croix-
107 PM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EAST CENTRAL WASHINGTON AND
SOUTHWESTERN ST. CROIX COUNTIES...

At 106 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Hudson, or 10
miles northwest of River Falls, moving east at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm. Temperatures will quickly drop 5 to 10 degrees after the
storm, but will warm back up when sunshine returns.

Locations impacted include...
River Falls, Hudson, North Hudson, Bayport, Afton, Hammond, Baldwin,
Roberts, Lakeland and Lakeland Shores.

This includes Interstate 94 in Wisconsin between mile markers 1 and
20.

LAT...LON 4486 9239 4490 9269 4495 9285 4502 9284
      4497 9236
TIME...MOT...LOC 1806Z 283DEG 28KT 4497 9276

Special weather statement, Aug 27, 1:09 PM CDT, 0 minutes before

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
109 PM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019

MNZ049-051-059-271845-
Sherburne-Stearns-Wright-
109 PM CDT Tue Aug 27 2019

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN WRIGHT...NORTHWESTERN
SHERBURNE AND EAST CENTRAL STEARNS COUNTIES...

At 109 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Rockville, or 9
miles southwest of St. Cloud, moving east at 30 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
St. Cloud, Waite Park, St. Joseph, Cold Spring, Rockville,
Clearwater, Clear Lake, Luxemburg, St Augusta and Pleasant Lake.

This includes the following highways...
 Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 161 and 182.
 U.S. Highway 10 in Minnesota between mile markers 181 and 189.

LAT...LON 4548 9457 4558 9454 4558 9443 4554 9427
      4553 9395 4533 9401
TIME...MOT...LOC 1809Z 283DEG 28KT 4551 9437

The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 7:55 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Isanti, Kanabec	35 min
Aug 26, 7:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	46 min
Aug 27, 12:28 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	47 min
Aug 27, 12:30 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	45 min
Aug 27, 12:46 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Wright	44 min
Aug 27, 12:47 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stearns	43 min
Aug 27, 12:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	McLeod	39 min
Aug 27, 1:05 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Mille Lacs	40 min
Aug 27, 1:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Scott	33 min
Aug 27, 1:14 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Kanabec	16 min
Aug 27, 1:19 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	41 min
Aug 27, 1:31 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Sibley	59 min
Aug 27, 1:33 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	21 min
Aug 27, 1:39 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	36 min
Aug 27, 1:53 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	37 min
Aug 27, 1:58 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Dakota	32 min
Aug 27, 2:06 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka	39 min
Aug 27, 2:18 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Goodhue	42 min
Aug 27, 2:51 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	39 min
Aug 27, 2:54 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Rice	36 min
Aug 27, 1:07 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	38 min
Aug 27, 2:01 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron	44 min
Aug 27, 2:08 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Pierce	52 min
Aug 27, 2:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Saint Croix	55 min
Aug 27, 3:21 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Dunn	39 min
Aug 27, 3:59 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Rusk	61 min

Nearby

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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.