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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2021Benton County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 7:49 AM CDT for Benton County, Meeker County, Stearns County, Minnesota. It was in force for 56 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, 7:49 AM CDT (12:49 UTC)
Expired
Jun 11, 2021, 8:45 AM CDT
In force
56 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Benton County, MN, Meeker County, MN, Stearns County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 89 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 12:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 0.8 hours before the alert went out and 87 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 2021-06-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 752 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 12:00Z on 2021-06-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -28 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
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

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The text

As transmitted.

665 
WWUS83 KMPX 111249
SPSMPX

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

MNZ043-049>051-057>059-066-111345-
Benton-Morrison-Sherburne-McLeod-Stearns-Kandiyohi-Meeker-Wright-
749 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A LINE OF SHOWERS WILL AFFECT WESTERN WRIGHT...MEEKER...
NORTHWESTERN MCLEOD...WESTERN BENTON...NORTHWESTERN SHERBURNE...
STEARNS...SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON AND EASTERN KANDIYOHI COUNTIES...

At 749 AM CDT, a line of showers was located along a line extending 
from Upsala to 6 miles west of Paynesville. Movement was east at 30 
mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with these showers.

Locations impacted include...
St. Cloud, Hutchinson, Sauk Rapids, Litchfield, Waite Park, St.
Joseph, Cold Spring, Collegeville, Annandale, Cokato, Albany and
Rockville.

LAT...LON 4583 9394 4543 9405 4490 9423 4489 9465
      4489 9510 4531 9492 4589 9458
TIME...MOT...LOC 1249Z 280DEG 26KT 4580 9458 4539 9485 

$$

ETA

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, 6:54 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Pope, Todd66 min
Jun 11, 7:22 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChippewa, Kandiyohi, Yellow Medicine38 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

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.