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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

March 10, 2021Saint Croix County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Mar 10, 2021, 5:56 PM CST for Saint Croix County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 34 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, 5:56 PM CST (23:56 UTC)
Expired
Mar 10, 2021, 6:30 PM CST
In force
34 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Saint Croix County, WI

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 81 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:59 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 83 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCL10008507005003002001001 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 12:00Z on 2021-03-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 76 square meters per square second.1939587897Sfc1 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

325 
WWUS83 KMPX 102356
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
556 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

MNZ063-WIZ014-023-024-110030-
Washington-Polk-Pierce-St. Croix-
556 PM CST Wed Mar 10 2021

...AN AREA OF STRONG THUNDERSTORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN WASHINGTON...
NORTHWESTERN PIERCE...ST. CROIX AND SOUTH CENTRAL POLK COUNTIES...

At 556 PM CST, strong thunderstorms were clustered near Somerset, or
14 miles north of River Falls, moving northeast at 50 mph.

Winds in excess of 30 mph and dime size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
River Falls, Stillwater, Hudson, New Richmond, North Hudson, Bayport,
Amery, Afton, Somerset, Osceola, St. Croix Falls and Baldwin.

LAT...LON 4532 9236 4501 9226 4470 9270 4480 9279
      4497 9277 4509 9289 4545 9260
TIME...MOT...LOC 2356Z 232DEG 43KT 4507 9270 

$$

ETA

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Mar 10, 3:39 AM CSTWinter Weather AdvisoryMPXChippewa, Douglas, Lac qui Parle, Morrison, Pope, Stearns and 3 more20 hr
Mar 10, 3:40 AM CSTWind AdvisoryMPXBlue Earth, Dakota, Faribault, Freeborn, Goodhue, Le Sueur and 7 more23 hr
Mar 10, 12:06 PM CSTWinter Storm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope, Stevens, Todd12 hr
Mar 10, 4:03 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur27 min
Mar 10, 4:13 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice, Scott14 min
Mar 10, 4:23 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXLe Sueur, Rice, Waseca26 min
Mar 10, 4:36 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice, Scott24 min
Mar 10, 4:47 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice28 min
Mar 10, 4:54 PM CSTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMcLeod36 min
Mar 10, 5:15 PM CSTTornado WarningMPXDakota, Rice30 min
Mar 10, 5:27 PM CSTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington29 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.