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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2021, 2:05 PM CDT for Benton County, Minnesota. It was in force for 25 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 27, 2021, 2:05 PM CDT (19:05 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2021, 2:30 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Benton County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 106 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 19:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 7.1 hours before the alert went out and 105 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
- 31 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -133 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1167 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 26 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 10 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted.
515 WWUS83 KMPX 271905 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 205 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 MNZ043-044-050-271930- Benton-Morrison-Mille Lacs- 205 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN MILLE LACS... NORTHEASTERN BENTON AND SOUTHEASTERN MORRISON COUNTIES... At 204 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located 7 miles northwest of Foreston, or 23 miles northeast of St. Cloud, moving southeast at 25 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Milaca, Foley, Foreston, Granite Ledge, Pease, Oak Park, Ronneby and Rum River. Frequent cloud to ground lightning is occurring with this storm. Lightning can strike 10 miles away from a thunderstorm. Seek a safe shelter inside a building or vehicle. Persons in campgrounds should consider seeking sturdy shelter until this storm passes. LAT...LON 4585 9394 4588 9374 4571 9354 4562 9390 TIME...MOT...LOC 1904Z 338DEG 21KT 4581 9383 $$ BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 4:35 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 25 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.