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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Mar 10, 2021, 4:54 PM CST for McLeod County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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
- Mar 10, 2021, 4:54 PM CST (22:54 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 10, 2021, 5:30 PM CST
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County McLeod County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 48 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 22:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 10.9 hours before the alert went out and 45 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 946 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 44 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 76 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 219 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
909 WWUS83 KMPX 102254 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 454 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 MNZ059-066>068-102330- McLeod-Carver-Sibley-Wright- 454 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHERN WRIGHT...NORTH CENTRAL SIBLEY...EASTERN MCLEOD AND NORTHWESTERN CARVER COUNTIES... At 453 PM CST, a strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles southeast of Brownton, or 15 miles southeast of Hutchinson, moving northeast at 50 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Glencoe, Winsted, Lester Prairie, Silver Lake, Hollywood, Sumter, New Auburn, New Germany and Glencoe Airport. LAT...LON 4462 9422 4467 9435 4503 9417 4496 9386 TIME...MOT...LOC 2253Z 208DEG 46KT 4469 9423 $$ BPH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 10, 3:39 AM CST | Winter Weather Advisory | MPX | Chippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope, Stearns and 3 more | 20 hr |
| Mar 10, 3:40 AM CST | Wind Advisory | MPX | Blue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more | 23 hr |
| Mar 10, 12:06 PM CST | Winter Storm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd | 12 hr |
| Mar 10, 4:03 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Le Sueur | 27 min |
| Mar 10, 4:13 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 14 min |
| Mar 10, 4:23 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Waseca | 26 min |
| Mar 10, 4:36 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice, Scott | 24 min |
| Mar 10, 4:47 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 28 min |
| Mar 10, 5:15 PM CST | Tornado Warning | MPX | Dakota, Rice | 30 min |
| Mar 10, 5:27 PM CST | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dakota, Ramsey, Washington | 29 min |
| Mar 10, 5:56 PM CST | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Saint Croix | 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.