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, 7:22 AM CDT for Chippewa County, Kandiyohi County, Yellow Medicine County, Minnesota. It was in force for 38 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 11, 2021, 7:22 AM CDT (12:22 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 11, 2021, 8:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 38 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Chippewa County, MN, Kandiyohi County, MN, Yellow Medicine County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 156 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:21 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.4 hours before the alert went out and 153 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
- 752 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -207 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1602 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 19 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -28 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- -40 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
587
WWUS83 KMPX 111222
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
722 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
MNZ055>057-064-065-073-111300-
Chippewa-Yellow Medicine-Kandiyohi-Renville-Swift-Redwood-
722 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021
...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT CHIPPEWA...NORTHWESTERN REDWOOD...
EASTERN YELLOW MEDICINE...EASTERN SWIFT...NORTHWESTERN RENVILLE AND
WESTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...
At 722 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from 11 miles southwest of Brooten to 6 miles
northwest of Maynard to near Cottonwood. Movement was east at 10 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph are possible with these storms.
Locations impacted include...
Willmar, Montevideo, Granite Falls, Clara City, Renville, New London,
Clarkfield, Raymond, Kerkhoven, Sacred Heart, Prinsburg and Wood
Lake.
LAT...LON 4489 9578 4490 9574 4497 9573 4541 9541
4541 9487 4488 9511 4451 9531 4453 9560
4462 9561 4463 9563 4463 9593
TIME...MOT...LOC 1222Z 283DEG 9KT 4539 9531 4496 9557 4460 9572
$$
ETAThe 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, 6:54 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Pope, Todd | 66 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; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.