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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2021, 7:37 PM CDT for Renville County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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
- Apr 5, 2021, 7:37 PM CDT (00:37 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2021, 8:15 PM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Renville County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 131 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 00:37 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 0.6 hours before the alert went out and 128 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
- 1134 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -84 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2481 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 34 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 128 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 256 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.2
The text
As transmitted.
531 WWUS83 KMPX 060037 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 737 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021 MNZ056-057-065-060115- Chippewa-Kandiyohi-Renville- 737 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN CHIPPEWA... NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND SOUTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES... At 737 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Sacred Heart, or 18 miles east of Montevideo, moving northeast at 40 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Willmar, Renville, Sacred Heart, Prinsburg, Minnesota Falls, Lake Lillian, Blomkest and Svea. LAT...LON 4473 9539 4486 9549 4512 9503 4492 9484 TIME...MOT...LOC 0037Z 240DEG 33KT 4486 9537 $$ BPH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 50 min |
| Apr 5, 8:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 41 min |
| Apr 5, 8:26 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Isanti, Sherburne, Wright | 49 min |
| Apr 5, 8:59 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Redwood | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 9:00 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Meeker | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 9:10 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Sherburne | 35 min |
| Apr 5, 9:16 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Sherburne, Stearns, Wright | 29 min |
| Apr 5, 9:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kandiyohi, Meeker | 25 min |
| Apr 5, 9:30 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 30 min |
| Apr 5, 9:45 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Meeker, Wright | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 9:48 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 31 min |
| Apr 5, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, McLeod, Meeker, Wright | 36 min |
| Apr 5, 10:07 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 8 min |
| Apr 5, 10:10 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Kanabec | 20 min |
| Apr 5, 10:27 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Carver, Hennepin, McLeod, Wright | 33 min |
| Apr 5, 10:34 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 26 min |
| Apr 5, 10:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Wright | 23 min |
| Apr 5, 10:59 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Anoka, Hennepin, Wright | 46 min |
| Apr 5, 11:03 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott | 42 min |
| Apr 5, 11:36 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 39 min |
| Apr 5, 11:45 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 45 min |
| Apr 5, 11:49 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Dakota, Washington | 41 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.