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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

April 26, 2021Pope County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Apr 26, 2021, 1:42 PM CDT for Pope County, Minnesota. It was in force for 48 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 26, 2021, 1:42 PM CDT (18:42 UTC)
Expired
Apr 26, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
In force
48 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Pope County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 154 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 18:46 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 6.7 hours before the alert went out and 151 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 2021-04-26Temperature 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°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-04-26The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 572 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
1172 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
49 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
572 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
592 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

558 
WWUS83 KMPX 261842
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
142 PM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021

MNZ048-049-055-057-261930-
Stearns-Kandiyohi-Pope-Swift-
142 PM CDT Mon Apr 26 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN POPE...WEST CENTRAL
STEARNS...EASTERN SWIFT AND NORTHWESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

At 142 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Benson, or 26
miles northwest of Willmar, moving east at 35 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Benson, Kerkhoven, Brooten, Murdock, Lake Hassel, Norway Lake,
Gilchrist, De Graff, Sunburg, Swift Falls and Padua.

Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm.
Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe
shelter inside a building or vehicle.

LAT...LON 4517 9566 4540 9564 4561 9506 4518 9504
TIME...MOT...LOC 1842Z 256DEG 29KT 4532 9551 

$$

CTG

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Apr 26, 2:15 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKandiyohi45 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.