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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 27, 2021, 4:35 PM CDT for Morrison 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, 4:35 PM CDT (21:35 UTC)
- Expired
- Jun 27, 2021, 5:00 PM CDT
- In force
- 25 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Morrison County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 133 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:39 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 9.6 hours before the alert went out and 131 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.
464 WWUS83 KMPX 272135 SPSMPX Special Weather Statement National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN 435 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 MNZ043-049-050-272200- Benton-Morrison-Stearns- 435 PM CDT Sun Jun 27 2021 ...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHWESTERN BENTON... NORTHEASTERN STEARNS AND SOUTHWESTERN MORRISON COUNTIES... At 434 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Little Falls, moving south at 30 mph. Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this storm. Locations impacted include... Little Falls, Royalton, Holdingford, Upsala, Bowlus, Flensburg, Rice, Sobieski, Elmdale, Little Falls Airport, Opole and St. Stephen. 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 4596 9458 4606 9425 4569 9413 4569 9467 TIME...MOT...LOC 2134Z 007DEG 34KT 4597 9435 $$ BH
The office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jun 27, 2:05 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton | 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.