Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2021
Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Apr 5, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT for Meeker County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 min. 1 report came from inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The outline as issued, with what was reported inside it.
The facts
- Issued
- Apr 5, 2021, 9:00 PM CDT (02:00 UTC)
- Expired
- Apr 5, 2021, 9:45 PM CDT
- In force
- 45 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Meeker County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 73 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 02:00 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What was reported inside it
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 9:53 PM CDT | HAIL 1 | 4 Sse Litchfield, MN | PHONED IN REPORT. |
Local storm reports filed while the alert was in force, from inside its polygon or its counties.
The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 2.0 hours before the alert went out and 70 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.
458
WWUS83 KMPX 060200
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
900 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021
MNZ057>059-060245-
Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-
900 PM CDT Mon Apr 5 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN WRIGHT...MEEKER AND
EAST CENTRAL KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
At 900 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 6 miles south of
Grove City, or 18 miles northwest of Hutchinson, moving east at 40
mph.
Winds in excess of 30 mph and nickel size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Litchfield, Cokato, Dassel, Atwater, Grove City, Cosmos, Greenleaf,
Forest City, Darwin, Litchfield Airport and Strout.
LAT...LON 4528 9420 4499 9416 4498 9429 4498 9450
4496 9450 4493 9480 4515 9487
TIME...MOT...LOC 0200Z 260DEG 33KT 4505 9467
$$
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 5, 7:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Renville | 38 min |
| 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, 9:10 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; local storm reports from the same archive; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.