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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

June 28, 2021Watonwan County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jun 28, 2021, 12:09 PM CDT for Watonwan County, Minnesota. It was in force for 36 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 28, 2021, 12:09 PM CDT (17:09 UTC)
Expired
Jun 28, 2021, 12:45 PM CDT
In force
36 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Watonwan County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 17:13 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 5.2 hours before the alert went out and 124 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 2021-06-28Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 591 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 2021-06-28The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 30 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 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
591 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-36 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
860 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
36 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
30 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
62 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

026 
WWUS83 KMPX 281709
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1209 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

MNZ082-281745-
Watonwan-
1209 PM CDT Mon Jun 28 2021

...A THUNDERSTORM WITH FUNNEL CLOUDS POSSIBLE WILL AFFECT WATONWAN 
COUNTY...

At 1208 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near St. James, or
23 miles northeast of Windom, moving east at 20 mph.

Dime size hail is possible with this storm.

Atmospheric conditions are favorable for the development of funnel
clouds.

Locations impacted include...
St. James, Madelia, Lewisville, La Salle, Sveadahl, Grogan, St James
Airport and Echols.

Funnel clouds from this shower/thunderstorm could briefly touch down 
as weak tornadoes. If you see a funnel, please seek shelter in the 
lowest floor of a sturdy structure until the storm has passed.

LAT...LON 4391 9477 4409 9479 4411 9458 4411 9439
      4389 9437
TIME...MOT...LOC 1708Z 265DEG 15KT 4401 9469 

$$

JRB

The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 28, 11:26 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSibley34 min
Jun 28, 12:39 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXCarver36 min
Jun 28, 12:55 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXLe Sueur35 min
Jun 28, 1:01 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXHennepin44 min
Jun 28, 1:29 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka31 min
Jun 28, 1:37 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXScott23 min
Jun 28, 1:59 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRamsey16 min
Jun 28, 3:43 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRedwood32 min
Jun 28, 4:32 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens43 min
Jun 28, 4:34 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXRusk26 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.