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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

September 21, 2019Kanabec County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2019-09-21Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 331 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 2019-09-21The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 255 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
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

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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 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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In the hours before

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

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The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Sep 21, 3:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Morrison94 min
Sep 21, 3:36 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXBenton, Sherburne, Stearns29 min
Sep 21, 4:00 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs45 min
Sep 21, 4:06 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKanabec, Mille Lacs21 min
Sep 21, 4:35 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs55 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.