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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 1:09 AM CDT for Douglas 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
- Jul 24, 2021, 1:09 AM CDT (06:09 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 1:45 AM CDT
- In force
- 36 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
County Douglas County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 197 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:07 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.2 hours before the alert went out and 195 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
- 2540 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- -32 J/kg
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 1098 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 23 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 124 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 143 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 6.4
The text
As transmitted.
408
WWUS83 KMPX 240609
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
109 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
MNZ041-240645-
Douglas-
109 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT NORTHERN DOUGLAS COUNTY...
At 109 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located near Brandon, or 14
miles northwest of Alexandria, moving east at 40 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Evansville, Carlos, Brandon, Leaf Valley, Miltona,
Garfield, Belle River, Nelson, Millerville, Melby and Rose City.
LAT...LON 4611 9514 4587 9527 4590 9576 4593 9577
4611 9577
TIME...MOT...LOC 0609Z 269DEG 34KT 4603 9560
$$
TDHThe office that day
Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 24, 12:03 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Stevens | 27 min |
| Jul 24, 12:36 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Swift | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 1:07 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Pope | 23 min |
| Jul 24, 1:37 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Morrison, Stearns, Todd | 38 min |
| Jul 24, 1:46 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Anoka | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 1:50 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas, Todd | 40 min |
| Jul 24, 2:03 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | MPX | Chisago, Washington | 25 min |
| Jul 24, 2:16 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Benton, Mille Lacs | 44 min |
| Jul 24, 2:19 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Morrison | 26 min |
| Jul 24, 2:27 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Chisago, Isanti | 33 min |
| Jul 24, 3:06 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Kanabec | 24 min |
| Jul 24, 2:32 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Polk | 43 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.