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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Sep 30, 2019, 6:53 PM CDT for Anoka County, Carver County, Hennepin County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 30, 2019, 6:53 PM CDT (23:53 UTC)
- Expired
- Sep 30, 2019, 7:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Anoka County, MN, Carver County, MN, Hennepin County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 18 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:52 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 19 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
- 361 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 678 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 50 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 514 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 512 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.9
The text
As transmitted.
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</html>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 30, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Sep 30, 3:42 PM CDT, 3 hours 11 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 304 PM CDT Mon Sep 30 2019 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 012015- 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- 304 PM CDT Mon Sep 30 2019 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...This Afternoon and Tonight Strong thunderstorms producing heavy rainfall are possible, with a slight risk of severe storms this afternoon and evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and a couple tornadoes are possible. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Tuesday through Sunday Occasional thunderstorms will continue Tuesday into Tuesday evening. Heavy rainfall and attendant flooding will be possible, primarily across far southern Minnesota. Severe weather is not expected. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed this evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Sep 30, 6:53 PM CDT, 0 minutes before
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</html>The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 29, 9:41 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | McLeod | 49 min |
| Sep 29, 11:21 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Chisago | 84 min |
| Sep 30, 2:42 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Mille Lacs | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 5:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Morrison | 63 min |
| Sep 30, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec | 54 min |
| Sep 30, 3:04 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn, Steele | 28 hr |
| Sep 30, 12:31 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Barron, Polk | 59 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.