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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 21, 2019, 10:44 AM CDT for Kanabec County, Minnesota. It was in force for 16 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 21, 2019, 10:44 AM CDT (15:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 21, 2019, 11:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 16 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Kanabec County, MN
The radar
The Duluth radar (KDLH), 115 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 136 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.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 331 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -48 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 671 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 255 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 247 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.4
- Supercell composite
- 5.6
The text
As transmitted.
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NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Sep 21, 4:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 21, 4:46 AM CDT, 5 hours 58 minutes before
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Special weather statement, Sep 21, 10:44 AM CDT, 0 minutes before
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1044 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2019
MNZ045-211600-
Kanabec-
1044 AM CDT Sat Sep 21 2019
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN KANABEC COUNTY...
At 1044 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 8 miles north of
Brook Park, or 9 miles west of Hinckley, moving northeast at 50 mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and dime size hail are possible with this
storm.
This storm will remain over mainly rural areas of northeastern
Kanabec County.
LAT...LON 4598 9306 4598 9313 4594 9314 4593 9317
4610 9332 4616 9318 4616 9306
TIME...MOT...LOC 1544Z 240DEG 44KT 4606 9311
JRBThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 21, 3:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 94 min |
| Sep 21, 3:36 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Benton, Sherburne, Stearns | 29 min |
| Sep 21, 4:00 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 45 min |
| Sep 21, 4:06 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kanabec, Mille Lacs | 21 min |
| Sep 21, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 55 min |
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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.