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 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
| Time | Report | Where | Remark |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 6:55 AM CDT | TSTM WND GST 53 | 3 E Glenwood, MN | MEASURED 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.
- 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
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
$$
BPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 11, 5:50 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Lac qui Parle, Yellow Medicine | 55 min |
| Jun 11, 5:55 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Stevens, Swift | 50 min |
| Jun 11, 6:09 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Douglas, Pope | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 6:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Swift, Yellow Medicine | 39 min |
| Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Kandiyohi, Yellow Medicine | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 7:49 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Meeker, Stearns | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 7:53 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Brown, McLeod, Redwood, Renville | 67 min |
| Jun 11, 8:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Martin, Watonwan | 58 min |
| Jun 11, 9:15 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Blue Earth, Faribault | 60 min |
| Jun 11, 10:29 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Freeborn, Rice, Steele, Waseca | 46 min |
| Jun 11, 11:04 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Goodhue | 56 min |
| Jun 11, 11:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Goodhue | 34 min |
| Jun 10, 8:08 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa, Rusk | 82 min |
| Jun 11, 12:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Pepin, Pierce | 38 min |
| Jun 11, 12:39 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Dunn | 51 min |
| Jun 11, 1:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 40 min |
| Jun 11, 1:57 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chippewa | 33 min |
Nearby
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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.