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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 24, 2021Douglas County, Todd County, Minnesota

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.

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.

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 

$$

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, 1:09 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, 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.