Alert archive / Minnesota / Special Weather Statements in 2021

Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 10, 2021Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 10, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 45 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
Jun 10, 2021, 5:00 AM CDT (10:00 UTC)
Expired
Jun 10, 2021, 5:45 AM CDT
In force
45 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 169 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:02 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.0 hours before the alert went out and 167 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-10Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 765 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-10The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 32 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
765 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-15 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2305 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
32 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
37 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

646 
WWUS83 KMPX 101000
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
500 AM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021

MNZ041-042-101045-
Douglas-Todd-
500 AM CDT Thu Jun 10 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHEASTERN DOUGLAS AND
SOUTHWESTERN TODD COUNTIES...

At 459 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Carlos, or near
Alexandria, moving southeast at 30 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Carlos, Lake Osakis, Miltona, Belle River, Nelson, Rose
City and Clotho.

LAT...LON 4605 9492 4590 9490 4578 9497 4578 9499
      4593 9540 4610 9533
TIME...MOT...LOC 0959Z 296DEG 25KT 4595 9530 

$$

JRB

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 9, 7:06 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDakota, Ramsey, Washington24 min
Jun 9, 7:28 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey32 min
Jun 9, 7:30 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton30 min
Jun 9, 8:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue47 min
Jun 9, 8:42 PM CDTExcessive Heat WarningMPXAnoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and 1 more23 hr
Jun 10, 4:18 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas42 min
Jun 10, 2:22 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMille Lacs23 min

Nearby

Special Weather Statements in Minnesota, 2021Every special weather statement in 2021

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.