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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 11, 2020, 10:43 AM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 47 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
- Jul 11, 2020, 10:43 AM CDT (15:43 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 11, 2020, 11:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 47 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Stevens County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 194 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:45 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 192 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
- 52 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -178 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1331 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 36 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 47 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.3
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 Jul 11, 5:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Jul 11, 5:38 AM CDT, 5 hours 5 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 330 AM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 120830- 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- 330 AM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are likely later this morning through early evening, especially across Minnesota. There is a Marginal Risk of severe thunderstorms south of I-94. Large hail and damaging winds are possible with the stronger storms. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Rounds of thunderstorms are expected through next week. Some severe weather is possible at times. There is a Slight Risk of severe thunderstorms Monday night west of I-35 and a Marginal Risk east. Large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall are the main hazards, but a few tornadoes are also possible. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed this afternoon. Borghoff
In the hours before
Local storm report, Jul 11, 5:59 AM CDT, 4 hours 44 minutes before
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Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1043 AM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
MNZ041-047-048-055-111630-
Stevens-Pope-Swift-Douglas-
1043 AM CDT Sat Jul 11 2020
...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN DOUGLAS...
POPE...NORTHEASTERN STEVENS AND NORTHEASTERN SWIFT COUNTIES...
At 1042 AM CDT, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Kensington,
or 10 miles northeast of Morris, moving east at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and dime size hail are possible with these
storms.
Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Morris, Glenwood, Starbuck, Hancock, Brandon, Lowry,
Kensington, Cyrus, Holmes City, Garfield and Villard.
This includes the following highways...
Interstate 94 in Minnesota between mile markers 83 and 111.
U.S. Highway 59 between mile markers 160 and 177.
To report severe weather, contact your nearest law enforcement
agency. They can relay your report to the National Weather Service
office in The Twin Cities.
LAT...LON 4576 9594 4576 9576 4600 9576 4594 9519
4533 9536 4554 9602
TIME...MOT...LOC 1542Z 276DEG 30KT 4571 9577
CTGThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 11, 5:32 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Steele | 28 min |
| Jul 11, 11:17 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Swift | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 11:34 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 56 min |
| Jul 11, 12:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 12:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Renville | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 12:39 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 51 min |
| Jul 11, 12:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Todd | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 1:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Meeker, Renville, Sibley | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 1:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 1:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood | 47 min |
| Jul 11, 1:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | McLeod, Sibley | 57 min |
| Jul 11, 2:01 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 44 min |
| Jul 11, 2:15 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Pope | 45 min |
| Jul 11, 2:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin | 40 min |
| Jul 11, 2:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Nicollet, Sibley | 52 min |
| Jul 11, 2:42 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Nicollet | 33 min |
| Jul 11, 2:57 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 48 min |
| Jul 11, 3:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Brown, Le Sueur, Nicollet | 42 min |
| Jul 11, 3:10 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Nicollet | 20 min |
| Jul 11, 3:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 49 min |
| Jul 11, 3:32 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault, Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 43 min |
| Jul 11, 4:05 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 55 min |
| Jul 11, 4:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Faribault | 58 min |
| Jul 11, 4:35 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Freeborn | 25 min |
| Jul 11, 6:16 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 59 min |
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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.