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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

August 27, 2024Polk County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Aug 27, 2024, 6:32 AM CDT for Polk County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 43 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 27, 2024, 6:32 AM CDT (11:32 UTC)
Expired: Aug 27, 2024, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 43 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN
Hail: 0.00 in
Wind: 55

County Polk County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 11.5 hours before the alert went out and 126 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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: 4426 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -3 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1062 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 28 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 110 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 1.0
Supercell composite: 5.4

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The text

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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 27, 6:27 AM CDT, 5 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Aug 27, 6:27 AM CDT, 5 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Aug 27, 3:11 AM CDT, 3 hours 21 minutes before

Hazardous Weather Outlook
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
311 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

MNZ041>045-047>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-023>028-
280815-
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-
311 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

This Hazardous Weather Outlook is for portions of central and
southern Minnesota, and west central Wisconsin.

.DAY ONE...Today and Tonight.

A few strong to severe storms are expected to move through the
area this morning, followed by further scattered showers and
storms through the afternoon.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...Wednesday through Monday.

No hazardous weather is expected at this time.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN spotter activation may be needed.

In the hours before

Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:22 AM CDT, 1 hour 10 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
522 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0514 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 SW Eden Prairie       44.83N 93.47W
08/27/2024  M61 MPH          Hennepin           MN   ASOS

            ASOS station KFCM Eden Prairie AP.

&&

CTG

Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:25 AM CDT, 1 hour 7 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
525 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0515 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     Deephaven               44.93N 93.52W
08/27/2024  M59 MPH          Hennepin           MN   Mesonet

&&

Borghoff

Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:33 AM CDT, 59 minutes before

Preliminary Local Storm Report
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
533 AM CDT Tue Aug 27 2024

..TIME...   ...EVENT...      ...CITY LOCATION...     ...LAT.LON...
..DATE...   ....MAG....      ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
            ..REMARKS..

0528 AM     Tstm Wnd Gst     2 E Richfield           44.88N 93.23W
08/27/2024  M61 MPH          Hennepin           MN   ASOS

            ASOS station KMSP Minneapolis-St. Paul AP.

&&

TDH

Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:42 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Aug 27, 5:53 AM CDT, 39 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Aug 27, 6:32 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

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

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Aug 26, 7:12 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Le Sueur, Nicollet	48 min
Aug 26, 7:20 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	40 min
Aug 26, 7:23 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	52 min
Aug 26, 7:26 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning Considerable damage threat	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Isanti	49 min
Aug 26, 7:39 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Chisago, Ramsey, Washington	36 min
Aug 27, 4:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Nicollet, Sibley	38 min
Aug 27, 4:45 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Scott	45 min
Aug 27, 5:00 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Scott	45 min
Aug 27, 5:18 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Anoka, Dakota, Ramsey, Washington	42 min
Aug 27, 5:28 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Dakota, Goodhue, Washington	47 min
Aug 27, 5:45 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Washington	45 min
Aug 26, 8:12 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Dunn, Pepin, Pierce, Polk, Saint Croix	48 min
Aug 26, 8:55 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Rusk	65 min
Aug 26, 8:58 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin, Pierce	62 min
Aug 26, 9:59 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Eau Claire	16 min
Aug 27, 6:22 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Barron, Chippewa, Dunn, Polk, Saint Croix	53 min
Aug 27, 6:50 AM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	40 min
Aug 27, 7:07 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Rusk	53 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.