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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 6, 2021Freeborn County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT for Freeborn County, Minnesota. It was in force for 39 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
Jul 6, 2021, 6:06 PM CDT (23:06 UTC)
Expired
Jul 6, 2021, 6:45 PM CDT
In force
39 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Freeborn County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 125 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:08 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 126 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 2021-07-06Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 214 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Minneapolis, MN at 12:00Z on 2021-07-06The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 17 square meters per square second.1939Sfc1 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
214 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-106 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1752 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
28 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
17 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
42 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
-0.1

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The text

As transmitted.

159 
WWUS83 KMPX 062306
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
606 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

MNZ093-062345-
Freeborn-
606 PM CDT Tue Jul 6 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT CENTRAL FREEBORN COUNTY...

At 605 PM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Freeborn, or 11
miles northwest of Albert Lea, moving east at 25 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph are possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Albert Lea, Clarks Grove, Alden, Geneva, Hartland, Hollandale,
Freeborn, Hayward, Manchester and Albert Lea Airport.

A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 1000 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.

LAT...LON 4363 9365 4381 9365 4385 9323 4385 9312
      4359 9312
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 269DEG 20KT 4373 9357 

$$

NDC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 6, 3:51 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin39 min
Jul 6, 4:13 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMartin32 min
Jul 6, 2:49 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXEau Claire41 min
Jul 6, 3:20 PM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXEau Claire10 min
Jul 6, 6:10 PM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPepin35 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.