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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2021Douglas County, Pope County, Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 6:54 AM CDT for Douglas County, Pope County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 66 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
Jun 11, 2021, 6:54 AM CDT (11:54 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
In force
66 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Douglas County, MN, Pope County, MN, Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 178 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 11:53 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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What was reported inside it

TimeReportWhereRemark
Jun 11, 6:55 AM CDTTSTM WND GST 533 E Glenwood, MNMEASURED AT THE GLENWOOD AIRPORT. DISPATCH REPORTED SMALL BRANCHES DOWN IN GLENWOOD.

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, 11.9 hours before the alert went out and 176 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 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 1246 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 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 00:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -13 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 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
1246 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-13 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
2436 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
23 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-13 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.3

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The text

As transmitted.

893 
WWUS83 KMPX 111154
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
654 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

MNZ041>043-048-049-111300-
Morrison-Stearns-Pope-Douglas-Todd-
654 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT DOUGLAS...POPE...TODD...NORTHWESTERN
STEARNS AND NORTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES...

At 654 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Parkers Prairie to 6 miles southeast
of Alexandria to 6 miles south of Glenwood. Movement was northeast at
40 mph.

Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.

Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Sauk Centre, Melrose, Long Prairie, Staples, Glenwood,
Starbuck, Browerville, Brooten, Belgrade, Clarissa and Motley.

LAT...LON 4637 9474 4631 9455 4632 9447 4542 9473
      4541 9575 4611 9577 4611 9515 4637 9515
TIME...MOT...LOC 1154Z 244DEG 41KT 4613 9530 4582 9529 4557 9540 

$$

BPH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 11, 5:50 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXLac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine55 min
Jun 11, 5:55 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Stevens, Swift50 min
Jun 11, 6:09 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDouglas, Pope51 min
Jun 11, 6:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine39 min
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Yellow Medicine38 min
Jun 11, 7:49 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Meeker, Stearns56 min
Jun 11, 7:53 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBrown, McLeod, Redwood, Renville67 min
Jun 11, 8:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin, Watonwan58 min
Jun 11, 9:15 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBlue Earth, Faribault60 min
Jun 11, 10:29 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXFreeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca46 min
Jun 11, 11:04 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXGoodhue56 min
Jun 11, 11:41 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXGoodhue34 min
Jun 10, 8:08 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Rusk82 min
Jun 11, 12:07 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXDunn, Pepin, Pierce38 min
Jun 11, 12:39 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChippewa, Dunn51 min
Jun 11, 1:20 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa40 min
Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa33 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.