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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 2021Douglas County, Minnesota

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.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Minneapolis, MN at 00:00Z on 2021-07-24Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 2540 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 00:00Z on 2021-07-24The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 124 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
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

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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 

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TDH

The office that day

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

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jul 24, 12:03 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXStevens27 min
Jul 24, 12:36 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXSwift24 min
Jul 24, 1:07 AM CDTSpecial Weather StatementMPXPope23 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.