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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 11, 2021Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 11, 2021, 9:15 AM CDT for Blue Earth County, Faribault County, Minnesota. It was in force for 60 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, 9:15 AM CDT (14:15 UTC)
Expired: Jun 11, 2021, 10:15 AM CDT
In force: 60 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

Counties Blue Earth County, MN, Faribault County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 122 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:16 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.3 hours before the alert went out and 121 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-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

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.

288 
WWUS83 KMPX 111415
SPSMPX

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

MNZ075-083-091-092-111515-
Blue Earth-Martin-Nicollet-Faribault-
915 AM CDT Fri Jun 11 2021

...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT FARIBAULT...NORTHEASTERN MARTIN...
BLUE EARTH AND SOUTHEASTERN NICOLLET COUNTIES...

At 915 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located
along a line extending from near Lafayette to near Iowa Lake.
Movement was east at 25 mph.

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

Locations impacted include...
Mankato, North Mankato, Blue Earth, Lake Crystal, Eagle Lake,
Mapleton, Winnebago, Madison Lake, St. Clair, Minnesota Lake, Elmore
and Courtland.

LAT...LON 4350 9425 4426 9437 4423 9377 4385 9377
      4350 9380
TIME...MOT...LOC 1415Z 276DEG 22KT 4439 9433 4349 9438 

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ETA

The 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, 7:22 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, 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

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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.