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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 2021Stevens County, Minnesota

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 12:03 AM CDT for Stevens County, Minnesota. It was in force for 27 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 24, 2021, 12:03 AM CDT (05:03 UTC)
Expired
Jul 24, 2021, 12:30 AM CDT
In force
27 min
Issued by
NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Stevens County, MN

The radar

The Aberdeen radar (KABR), 182 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:05 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Aberdeen, SD (KABR), launched 00:00Z, 5.1 hours before the alert went out and 192 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 3002 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, Aberdeen, SD at 00:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 53 square meters per square second.19395878Sfc1 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
3002 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-46 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1613 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
37 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
53 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
89 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.4
Supercell composite
6.9

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The text

As transmitted.

173 
WWUS83 KMPX 240503
SPSMPX

Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
1203 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

MNZ047-048-055-240530-
Stevens-Pope-Swift-
1203 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021

...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT SOUTHWESTERN POPE...SOUTHERN
STEVENS AND NORTHWESTERN SWIFT COUNTIES...

At 1202 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Lake Hattie,
or 8 miles southwest of Morris, moving east at 35 mph.

Winds in excess of 40 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.

Locations impacted include...
Morris, Hancock, Chokio, Lake Hattie, Lake Oliver, Artichoke Lake,
Alberta and Morris Airport.

LAT...LON 4545 9624 4558 9624 4557 9567 4529 9574
      4533 9612 4541 9612 4542 9625
TIME...MOT...LOC 0502Z 259DEG 30KT 4549 9601 

$$

TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift24 min
Jul 24, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope23 min
Jul 24, 1:09 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas36 min
Jul 24, 1:37 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXMorrison, Stearns, Todd38 min
Jul 24, 1:46 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXAnoka44 min
Jul 24, 1:50 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXDouglas, Todd40 min
Jul 24, 2:03 AM CDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningMPXChisago, Washington25 min
Jul 24, 2:16 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXBenton, Mille Lacs44 min
Jul 24, 2:19 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXMorrison26 min
Jul 24, 2:27 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXChisago, Isanti33 min
Jul 24, 3:06 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXKanabec24 min
Jul 24, 2:32 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPolk43 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.