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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

October 11, 2020Hennepin County, Scott County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-10-12Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 54 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2020-10-12The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 348 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
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

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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 

$$

Borghoff

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Oct 11, 7:28 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stearns, Todd47 min
Oct 11, 8:04 PM CDTTornado WarningMPXKandiyohi, Pope, Stearns13 min
Oct 11, 8:17 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi, Todd58 min
Oct 11, 8:25 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXRedwood, Renville, Yellow Medicine27 min
Oct 11, 9:06 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMeeker, Stearns39 min
Oct 11, 11:00 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRice45 min
Oct 11, 11:11 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka, Ramsey, Washington34 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.