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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 14, 2021, 9:08 AM CDT for Freeborn County, Steele County, Waseca County, Minnesota. It was in force for 52 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 14, 2021, 9:08 AM CDT (14:08 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 14, 2021, 10:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 52 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Freeborn County, MN, Steele County, MN, Waseca County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 116 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 14:06 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 2.1 hours before the alert went out and 116 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
- 2820 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -46 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1084 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 22 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- -8 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 69 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 2.3
The text
As transmitted.
054
WWUS83 KMPX 141408
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
908 AM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021
MNZ083>085-092-093-141500-
Steele-Waseca-Blue Earth-Freeborn-Faribault-
908 AM CDT Wed Jul 14 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT FREEBORN...NORTHEASTERN
FARIBAULT...STEELE...SOUTHEASTERN BLUE EARTH AND SOUTHERN WASECA
COUNTIES...
At 908 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Hartland, or 14
miles northwest of Albert Lea, moving northeast at 35 mph.
Winds in excess of 40 mph and pea size hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Owatonna, Albert Lea, Wells, Blooming Prairie, New Richland, Clarks
Grove, Ellendale, Minnesota Lake, Alden, Glenville, Geneva and
Hartland.
A Severe Thunderstorm Watch remains in effect until 300 PM CDT for
south central Minnesota.
LAT...LON 4384 9408 4398 9377 4420 9305 4350 9305
4350 9332
TIME...MOT...LOC 1408Z 228DEG 32KT 4383 9354
$$
BPHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 14, 8:11 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Faribault, Martin | 64 min |
| Jul 14, 8:42 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Freeborn | 33 min |
| Jul 14, 2:46 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Hennepin | 89 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.