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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN
NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 24, 2021, 1:50 AM CDT for Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota. It was in force for 40 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, 1:50 AM CDT (06:50 UTC)
- Expired
- Jul 24, 2021, 2:30 AM CDT
- In force
- 40 min
- Issued by
- NWS Twin Cities, MN
Counties Douglas County, MN, Todd County, MN
The radar
The Minneapolis radar (KMPX), 174 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 06:49 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The nearest sounding before it
Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 6.8 hours before the alert went out and 172 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.
815
WWUS83 KMPX 240650
SPSMPX
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Twin Cities/Chanhassen MN
150 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
MNZ041-042-240730-
Douglas-Todd-
150 AM CDT Sat Jul 24 2021
...A STRONG THUNDERSTORM WILL AFFECT EASTERN DOUGLAS AND CENTRAL TODD
COUNTIES...
At 150 AM CDT, a strong thunderstorm was located over Lake Osakis, or
10 miles east of Alexandria, moving east at 35 mph.
Wind gusts up to 50 mph and half inch hail are possible with this
storm.
Locations impacted include...
Alexandria, Long Prairie, Browerville, Clarissa, Carlos, Lake Osakis,
Leaf Valley, Miltona, Garfield, Belle River, Nelson and Forada.
LAT...LON 4616 9478 4602 9465 4586 9502 4578 9502
4576 9550 4611 9550 4611 9515 4615 9514
TIME...MOT...LOC 0650Z 252DEG 30KT 4593 9515
$$
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, 1:09 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | MPX | Douglas | 36 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, 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.