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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Oct 11, 2020, 10:44 PM CDT for Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota. It was in force for 46 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
- Oct 11, 2020, 10:44 PM CDT (03:44 UTC)
- Expired
- Oct 11, 2020, 11:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 46 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Hennepin County, MN, Scott County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 5 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 03:47 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 3.7 hours before the alert went out and 8 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
- 54 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -466 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1239 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 39 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 348 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 463 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
737
WWUS83 KMPX 120344
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1044 PM CDT Sun Oct 11 2020
MNZ060-068-069-120430-
Hennepin-Carver-Scott-
1044 PM CDT Sun Oct 11 2020
...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT HENNEPIN...EASTERN SCOTT AND
SOUTHEASTERN CARVER COUNTIES...
At 1043 PM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Orono to near Victoria to Jordan.
Movement was northeast at 40 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms. A wind gust
of 50 mph was measured by a personal weather station in Victoria.
These storms will be near...
Chanhassen, Orono, Minnetrista and Maple Plain around 1050 PM CDT.
Mound, Medina, Independence and Excelsior around 1055 PM CDT.
Prior Lake and Wayzata around 1100 PM CDT.
Maple Grove, Shakopee, Savage and Corcoran around 1105 PM CDT.
Eden Prairie around 1110 PM CDT.
Other locations impacted by these storms include Medicine Lake,
Robbinsdale, Crystal Airport, Mn Valley State Rec Area, Greenwood,
Deephaven, Flying Cloud Airport, Credit River, Woodland and Osseo.
LAT...LON 4455 9372 4498 9372 4522 9343 4510 9328
4479 9333 4467 9333
TIME...MOT...LOC 0343Z 213DEG 35KT 4497 9367 4484 9367 4466 9367
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BorghoffThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 11, 7:28 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd | 47 min |
| Oct 11, 8:04 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Pope, Stearns | 13 min |
| Oct 11, 8:17 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Todd | 58 min |
| Oct 11, 8:25 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Redwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine | 27 min |
| Oct 11, 9:06 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker, Stearns | 39 min |
| Oct 11, 11:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Rice | 45 min |
| Oct 11, 11:11 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka, Ramsey, Washington | 34 min |
Nearby
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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.