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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 8, 2020, 12:12 PM CDT for Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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
- Aug 8, 2020, 12:12 PM CDT (17:12 UTC)
- Expired
- Aug 8, 2020, 1:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 48 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Lac qui Parle County, MN
The radar
The Sioux Falls radar (KFSD), 158 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:12 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 201 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
- 1441 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -202 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 776 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 32 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 250 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 273 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.9
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 Aug 8, 6:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, Aug 8, 6:31 AM CDT, 5 hours 41 minutes before
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Hazardous Weather Outlook National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 956 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020 MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028- 091500- 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- 956 AM CDT Sat Aug 8 2020 This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and southern Minnesota...and west central Wisconsin. .DAY ONE...Today and Tonight. Thunderstorms are possible today and tonight. A few storms could become severe this afternoon and tonight, with the primary threats being large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall. Heat and humidity will build today, with afternoon heat indices peaking in the low to mid 90s across the Minnesota portion of the outlook area. .DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Sunday through Friday. Additional thunderstorms are expected on Sunday and Sunday night. A few storms could become severe with the primary threats being large hail, damaging winds, and heavy rainfall. Periodic thunderstorms are possible Wednesday through Friday. Severe storms are not expected at this time. .SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT... SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed this afternoon and evening.
In the hours before
Special weather statement, Aug 8, 12:12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 8, 12:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Yellow Medicine | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 12:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 45 min |
| Aug 8, 1:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Yellow Medicine | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 1:37 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 23 min |
| Aug 8, 2:03 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Meeker, Redwood, Renville, Sibley | 42 min |
| Aug 8, 2:14 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, Watonwan | 46 min |
| Aug 8, 2:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Nicollet, Sibley | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 2:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker, Renville, Sibley, Wright | 27 min |
| Aug 8, 3:13 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 3:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Le Sueur, Rice, Scott, Waseca | 58 min |
| Aug 8, 4:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice, Steele, Waseca | 49 min |
| Aug 8, 4:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn, Steele, Waseca | 47 min |
| Aug 8, 4:58 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue, Rice, Steele | 36 min |
| Aug 8, 5:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Goodhue | 35 min |
| Aug 8, 3:10 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 65 min |
| Aug 8, 4:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rusk | 41 min |
| Aug 8, 5:53 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce | 37 min |
| Aug 8, 6:38 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 52 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.