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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 22, 2021Todd County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 22, 2021, 10:53 AM CDT for Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 37 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 22, 2021, 10:53 AM CDT (15:53 UTC)
Expired
Jul 22, 2021, 11:30 AM CDT
In force
37 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Todd County, MN

The radar

The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 160 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 15:57 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 12:00Z, 3.9 hours before the alert went out and 158 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 2021-07-22Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 26 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 2021-07-22The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 89 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
26 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-154 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1083 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
24 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
117 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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The text

As transmitted.

005 
WWUS83 KMPX 221553
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1053 AM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021

MNZ042-221630-
Todd-
1053 AM CDT Thu Jul 22 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHEASTERN TODD COUNTY 
THROUGH 1130 AM CDT...

At 1052 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Long Prairie,
or 24 miles west of Little Falls, moving northeast at 10 mph.

Dime size hail is possible with this storm.

Locations impacted include...
Long Prairie and Round Prairie. 

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.

LAT...LON 4590 9490 4602 9497 4619 9465 4592 9465
TIME...MOT...LOC 1552Z 247DEG 10KT 4598 9487 

$$

JPC

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 22, 11:52 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXTodd53 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.