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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 10, 2019Kanabec County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 10, 2019, 1:20 AM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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
Sep 10, 2019, 1:20 AM CDT (06:20 UTC)
Expired
Sep 10, 2019, 1:45 AM CDT
In force
25 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Kanabec County, MN

The radar

The Duluth radar (KDLH), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 6.3 hours before the alert went out and 416 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2019-09-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 850 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2019-09-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 225 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
850 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-39 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
976 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
44 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
225 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
284 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
1.2
Supercell composite
12.3

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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 Sep 10, 12:45 AM CDT, 35 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Sep 10, 12:45 AM CDT, 35 minutes before
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Hazardous weather outlook, Sep 9, 8:03 PM CDT, 5 hours 17 minutes before
Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
803 PM CDT Mon Sep 9 2019

MNZ041>043-047>049-054>057-064-WIZ016-025>028-110115-
Douglas-Todd-Morrison-Stevens-Pope-Stearns-Lac Qui Parle-Swift-
Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Yellow Medicine-Rusk-Dunn-Pepin-Eau Claire-
803 PM CDT Mon Sep 9 2019

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

.DAY ONE...Tonight

Showers and thunderstorms are possible overnight. The risk for
severe weather or heavy rain is low.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected again Tuesday night
through Thursday evening. Heavy rain and flooding is the primary
threat with this storms, especially in southern Minnesota. Severe
weather is also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

MNZ044-045-050>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014-
015-023-024-110115-
Mille Lacs-Kanabec-Benton-Sherburne-Isanti-Chisago-Meeker-Wright-
Hennepin-Anoka-Ramsey-Washington-Renville-McLeod-Sibley-Carver-
Scott-Dakota-Redwood-Brown-Nicollet-Le Sueur-Rice-Goodhue-
Watonwan-Blue Earth-Waseca-Steele-Martin-Faribault-Freeborn-Polk-
Barron-St. Croix-Pierce-
803 PM CDT Mon Sep 9 2019

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central
Minnesota...east central Minnesota...south central Minnesota...
southeast Minnesota...southwest Minnesota...northwest Wisconsin
and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Tonight

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday

Multiple rounds of thunderstorms are expected again Tuesday night
through Thursday evening. Heavy rain and flooding is the primary
threat with this storms, especially in southern Minnesota. Severe
weather is also possible.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation will not be needed.

jrb

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Sep 10, 1:20 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.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 9, 9:21 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXStevens54 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.