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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 17, 2021, 2:58 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 32 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 17, 2021, 2:58 AM CDT (07:58 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 17, 2021, 3:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 32 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Freeborn County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 135 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 08:01 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 8.0 hours before the alert went out and 135 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
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 2464 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 42 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 16 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 251 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 1.7
The text
As transmitted.
913 WWUS83 KMPX 170758 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 258 AM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021 MNZ085-093-170830- Steele-Freeborn- 258 AM CDT Thu Jun 17 2021 ...A LINE OF STORMS WILL AFFECT EASTERN FREEBORN AND SOUTHEASTERN STEELE COUNTIES... At 257 AM CDT, radar indicated strong thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Claremont to near Hollandale to near Glenville. Movement was east at 35 mph. Winds in excess of 30 mph and pea size hail are possible with these storms. Locations impacted include... Blooming Prairie, Glenville, London, Hollandale, Hayward, Myrtle and Bixby. LAT...LON 4368 9327 4398 9305 4350 9305 4350 9331 TIME...MOT...LOC 0757Z 261DEG 32KT 4399 9296 4370 9317 4353 9321 $$ LS
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 17, 3:54 PM CDT | Fire Weather Watch | MPX | Anoka, Benton, Carver, Chippewa, Chisago, Douglas and 20 more | 11 hr |
| Jun 17, 6:38 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Le Sueur, Rice, Scott | 52 min |
| Jun 17, 3:21 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pepin | 39 min |
| Jun 17, 4:12 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Eau Claire | 33 min |
| Jun 17, 6:18 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Dunn, Eau Claire, Pepin | 27 min |
| Jun 17, 6:20 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chippewa, Eau Claire | 55 min |
| Jun 17, 6:40 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Eau Claire | 35 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.